At a WITA webinar [https://www.wita.org/events/chinas-wto-20-years/] today commemorating the 20 year anniversary of China's accession to the WTO, several key figures from the accession negotiations on both the U.S. and Chinese sides offered remarks and responded to questions. The speakers were Ambassador Charlene

At a recent conference, Chinese officials, including China's Ambassador to the WTO, Li Chenggang, spoke highly of China's decision to join the organization, and praised China's performance at the WTO over the past two decades. Li also acknowledged that China should actively participate in

In a webinar [https://usali.org/events/two-decades-of-china-in-the-wto-the-view-from-china] hosted by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute on "Two Decades of China in the WTO: The View from China," Manjiao Chi [http://law.uibe.edu.cn/english/facultyresearch/faculty/fulltimefaculty/professor/72137.htm] , professor and founding director of the

Following up on earlier posts about Australia's complaint [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/] and the panel composition [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-barley-ad-cvd-wto-panel-composed/] in the China - Barley WTO dispute (DS598), Australia has now posted its first written submission [https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ds598-australias-first-submission.pdf]

As we reported here and here, there has been a debate over the appointment of a Taiwanese delegate as chair of the WTO's Government Procurement Committee, with most parties to the agreement in favor of the appointment, but Hong Kong blocking consensus. The division continues at this Committee,

Previously, we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/us-raises-concerns-again-at-the-wto-about-chinas-trade-measures-related-to-covid-19/] that the United States has raised concerns at the WTO about China’s trade measures related to COVID-19. On November 8, the United States made another submission [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/SPS/GEN1982.pdf&

The WTO circulated today [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/STR/N18CHN.pdf&Open=True] a notification from China submitted on October 19, 2021 entitled "New and full notification pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT [https://www.worldtradelaw.net/