WTO

At a WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting last October, China asked questions about two major U.S. subsidy measures, related to electric vehicles and semiconductors. The U.S. recently provided responses.

At a meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Services on October 14, 2022, several trade issues involving China that had been raised previously were on the agenda again.

At two WTO meetings earlier this year 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

At the meeting of the WTO's Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade on July 13-15, 2022, a number of WTO Members raised "specific trade concerns" (STCs) about particular Chinese measures, and China voiced its concerns with measures of other Members.

At the WTO SPS Committee meeting held on June 22-24, for which the meeting minutes were recently circulated, there were discussions of a number of SPS measures imposed by China or imposed by other Members against Chinese goods.

Today and tomorrow, the United States is undergoing the regular Trade Policy Review of its trade policies at the WTO. At today's meeting, Chinese Ambassador to the WTO Li Chenggang put forward some criticisms of various aspects of U.S. trade policy.

Taiwanese officials said last week that China's customs agency's recent move to block imports of seafood, as well as some alcohol and beverage products, from Taiwan violates WTO rules and discriminates against Taiwan. In response, the Taiwanese government may file a WTO complaint, according to these officials.