WTO Meeting Discusses China/Japan Radioactive Water/Seafood Import Ban Dispute

At a meeting of the WTO's Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures today, WTO Members addressed import restrictions imposed by China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Russia on Japanese food products following the discharge of Japan's Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) treated water following the nuclear accident in Fukushima in 2011.