The WTO panel hearing the EU complaint against Chinese restrictions on trade with Lithuania has been suspended.

In the EU-China WTO dispute over "anti-suit injunctions" issued by Chinese courts, Australia has now made several submissions to the WTO panel as a third party to the dispute.

On December 9, the Australian government announced that Australian exports of barley to China had started up again after the removal of Chinese anti-dumping/countervailing duties following the resolution of a WTO dispute.

A WTO panel reviewing a Chinese complaint against various Australian AD/CVD measures has announced the date for issuance of the panel report to the parties, but a settlement may be in the works before then.

In two recent third party submissions in the dispute between the EU and China related to Chinese restrictions on Lithuanian goods, the U.S. focused on the issue of whether there is evidence that a "measure" exists and the nature of that measure.

At today's press conference, the spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) confirmed that a review of the anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Australian wine has begun, and also commented on the status of license applications for graphite exports, for which the new rules are coming

A new article in the Journal of World Intellectual Property examines the intellectual property issues in the background of an ongoing EU-China WTO dispute.