In recent years, the United States has raised many fundamental issues related to China's participation in the WTO, but one smaller issue that has flown under the radar is China's import ban on solid waste, which continues to be a point of contention between the two

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry was in China last week to meet with Chinese officials on issues related to climate change, in advance of the November UN climate conference. The meetings did not make much progress in this area, however, and China took the opportunity to criticize U.S.

On August 5, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/08/05/executive-order-on-strengthening-american-leadership-in-clean-cars-and-trucks/] ,” making a push for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. While some Chinese firms may see this policy as benefiting Chinese

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

Along the same lines as the questions recently asked [http://tradingwithchinanews.com/2020/12/13/wto-committee-discussion-of-restrictions-on-waste-imports/] by the United States in the WTO Committee on Customs Valuation, the United States raised issues related to China’s import ban on solid waste during a recent meeting of the Committee on Import

In the WTO’s Committee on Customs Valuation, the U.S. recently asked China about certain restrictions on imports of waste materials. The U.S. questions/comments and Chinese response (WTO Document G/VAL/W/369 [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/VAL/W369.