Today, China's Ministry of Commerce published an update on the anti-dumping investigation on European brandy, indicating the companies to be sampled and the categorization of the brandy products under investigation.

According to Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell, a resolution of the WTO dispute over Chinese anti-dumping/countervailing duties on wine is still on track.

At the meeting of the WTO's Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices on October 26, 2023, for which the meeting minutes were recently circulated, Japan raised concerns about Chinese anti-dumping duties on certain chemicals, and China raised concerns about the anti-dumping practices of the EU, UK, and U.S.

Recently, China's Ministry of Commerce published a notice stating that it would begin an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on potato starch imported from the European Union.

At the October 27 meeting of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, for which the minutes were recently circulated, there were criticisms by China of other Members' countervailing duty practices (including the recent EU action on electric vehicles), and criticisms by other Member of China&

Yesterday, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued a decision in the expiry review of anti-dumping measures on Indian chemical products ortho chloro para nitro aniline, making a determination to sustain the duties.

Pursuant to Article 25.11 of the SCM Agreement, China recently provided to the WTO its semi-annual report of its countervailing duty actions, covering the period July 1 – December 31, 2023.