Restrictions on Waste Imports

At two recent WTO meetings for which the minutes have now been circulated, a number of issues related to China trade were raised by other Members against China, including regulations on cosmetics and food imports, and also by China in relation to other Members, such as export controls and 5G

The United States continues to press China on its restrictions on waste imports, as it has done in various WTO committees in recent years. At the October 8, 2021 meeting of the Committee on Import Licensing, for which minutes have just recently been circulated by the WTO, the United States

The United States continues to press China on its restrictions on waste imports, as it has done in various WTO committees over the years. At the March 31 and April 1, 2021 meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods, for which minutes have just recently been circulated by the

In recent years, the United States has raised many fundamental issues related to China's participation in the WTO, but one smaller issue that has flown under the radar is China's import ban on solid waste, which continues to be a point of contention between the two countries. The main aspects

Along the same lines as the questions recently asked [http://tradingwithchinanews.com/2020/12/13/wto-committee-discussion-of-restrictions-on-waste-imports/] by the United States in the WTO Committee on Customs Valuation, the United States raised issues related to China’s import ban on solid waste during a recent meeting of the Committee on Import

In the WTO’s Committee on Customs Valuation, the U.S. recently asked China about certain restrictions on imports of waste materials. The U.S. questions/comments and Chinese response (WTO Document G/VAL/W/369 [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/VAL/W369.