The European Commission requested consultations with China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) today, arguing that "China has empowered its courts to set binding worldwide royalty rates for EU standard essential patents, without the consent of the patent owner," leading to violations of the WTO's TRIPS

Yesterday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) released its annual report to Congress on China's WTO compliance, with continued criticism of China's trade policies and practices.

Chinese laws and regulations related to national standards for office devices and government procurement were discussed at the WTO's Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures meeting in October, for which the meeting minutes were recently circulated.

Two recently negotiated Chinese FTAs are being examined by the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA), and the WTO Secretariat has issued a "factual presentation" of these FTAs.

At the meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods this week, China raised the issue of Canada's recent surtaxes on Chinese goods, including on electric vehicles.

At the meeting of the WTO's Committee on Market Access on November 19 and 20, WTO Members discussed the tariffs recently imposed by Canada on Chinese EVs and other goods, as well as new U.S. tariffs on EVs and a Section 301 investigation on shipbuilding and related

At the meeting of the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) earlier this week, China and other WTO members debated the issue of capacity/overcapacity, and the chair expressed concern with the level of compliance by WTO Members with their subsidy notification requirements.