WTO
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USTR Requests Written Comments on China's WTO Compliance
In preparation for its annual report to Congress on China's compliance with the
commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade
Organization (WTO), the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) of the
Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has asked for written
comments
Australia Raises Various Chinese Trade Restrictions at WTO State-Trading Enterprise Meeting
It has been widely reported in the media that Australia-China trade relations
have deteriorated in recent months. Some aspects of this issue have been
discussed in WTO committees and other bodies. At the May 3 meeting of the WTO’s
Working Party on State-Trading Enterprises, for which the minutes were
Update on China's GPA Accession Negotiations
At the meeting of the WTO Committee on Government Procurement held on June 2,
2021, for which the meeting minutes
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/PLURI/GPA/M83.pdf&Open=True]
were just recently circulated, China provided some details on the status of
U.S. Raises Concerns Again at the WTO About China’s Trade Measures Related to COVID-19
On July 20, the United States made another submission
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/SPS/GEN1943.pdf&Open=True]
to the SPS Committee targeting China’s trade restrictive measures taken as a
response to COVID-19. In the submission, which is the U.
Update on the U.S. - China WTO Dispute on TRQs on Agricultural Products
As we described here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-developments-in-wto-dispute-on-trqs-on-agricultural-products/]
, on July 15 there were two developments in the U.S.-China WTO dispute related
to TRQs on certain agricultural products (DS517): 1) the United States
requested
authorization [https://www.worldtradelaw.net/document.php?id=rr/ds517-19-rr.pdf]
from the WTO&
China Calls EU’s Carbon Border Tax Proposal WTO-Inconsistent
The European Commission recently proposed a package of legislative measures to
reduce the EU's carbon emissions by at least 55% by 2030, including a Carbon
Border Adjustment Mechanism
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/carbon_border_adjustment_mechanism_0.pdf]
(CBAM). This proposal has drawn criticism
Canada Moves Forward with WTO Dispute Against Chinese Restrictions on Canola Seeds
In September of 2019, Canada requested WTO consultations with China in relation
to Chinese measures restricting imports of canola seeds from Canada.
Consultations were held in October of that year but failed to resolve the
dispute. In June of 2021, Canada revived the dispute by requesting a panel.
China blocked
