WTO
Total 259 Posts
China Responds to EU Request for Information on Judicial Decisions and Regulations Relating To Patents
Following an EU request for China to provide more information about judicial
decisions and regulations related to patents, China has now provided a response.
However, it does not seem to directly address all of the EU questions, and the
EU may press China again on these points going forward.
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WTO Panel Composed in China - Barley AD/CVD Dispute
Yesterday, the WTO announced
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/DS/598-6.pdf&Open=True]
that on September 3, the WTO Director-General had composed the panel in the WTO
complaint brought by Australia
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-
To Appeal or Not To Appeal? The Question Facing China in the WTO Dispute on Solar Safeguards
On September 2, the WTO circulated a panel report
[https://www.worldtradelaw.net/document.php?id=reports/wtopanels/us-photovoltaicsafeguards(panel).pdf]
in a complaint brought by China against U.S. safeguard measures on certain solar
products, in which the panel found that the U.S. measures do not violate
European Commission Official Pushes Plurilateral Agreement on "Competitive Neutrality," and Wants China Included
In testimony
[https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/committee-on-international-trade_20210901-1645-COMMITTEE-INTA_vd]
before the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade earlier this
week, Antonio Fernández-Martos, head of unit of Multilateral Affairs and WTO at
DG Trade [https://ec.europa.eu/trade/], set
Panel Established in U.S. - China WTO Dispute on TRQs on Agricultural Products, But Next Steps Are Unclear
At the August 30 DSB meeting, a WTO panel was established
[https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dsb_30aug21_e.htm] to hear China's
request that it be found in compliance in a dispute brought by the United States
against the administration of tariff-rate
China Notifies WTO of Subsidies for 2019-2020
The WTO has just posted a July 13 communication
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/SCM/N372CHN.pdf&Open=True]
from China entitled "New and Full Notification Pursuant To Article XVI:1 of the
GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the Agreement
China Expresses Positive Views about JSIs at WTO General Council Meeting
At the WTO General Council meeting of May 5-6, 2021, a paper on Joint Statement
Initiatives
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/GC/W819R1.pdf&Open=True]
(JSIs) that criticizes a plurilateral approach to negotiations was on the
agenda. The paper was