The WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference concluded early in the morning of June 17 with a number of new decisions and declarations. In relation to China trade issues, one area of particular controversy had been whether China would be eligible to use a waiver of certain TRIPS Agreement rules

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) introduced a Resolution on June 9 requesting that President Biden transmit information and documents on any TRIPS Waiver signed at the WTO, with a focus on China's access to intellectual property.

On June 12, the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference kicked off. Officials from China, the United States, the European Union, and other WTO Member all made remarks. While they all expressed support for the multinational trading system, they each emphasized different areas in which they believed the WTO should

Grouper fish is the latest source of a trade spat between mainland China and Taiwan. If the issues are not resolved bilaterally, Taiwan could raise them at the World Trade Organization.

As we reported in January, Japan and the U.S. put China's cybersecurity measures on the agenda of a meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Services in October 2021. The same two countries put these measures on the agenda at the March 2022 meeting

A draft text of the WTO TRIPS Waiver, which is designed to facilitate production of Covid-19 medicines in developing countries, has language that could exclude China from its scope. At a WTO meeting on Friday, China raised objections to specific aspects of that language.

At a recent WTO meeting, a number of countries pressed China on issues related to industrial subsidies, overcapacity, and transparency.