WTO
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U.S. Renews Concerns at WTO Over China's COVID-related Trade Measures
Previously, we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/us-raises-concerns-again-at-the-wto-about-chinas-trade-measures-related-to-covid-19/]
that the United States has raised concerns at the WTO about China’s trade
measures related to COVID-19. On November 8, the United States made another
submission
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/SPS/GEN1982.pdf&
China Notifies WTO of State Trading Enterprise Imports and Exports
The WTO circulated today
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/STR/N18CHN.pdf&Open=True]
a notification from China submitted on October 19, 2021 entitled "New and full
notification pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT
[https://www.worldtradelaw.net/
Panel Composed in WTO Complaint Brought By Canada on Canola Seeds
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/canada-moves-forward-with-wto-dispute-against-chinese-restrictions-on-canola-seeds/]
, on July 26 the WTO established a panel to hear a dispute over Chinese measures
restricting imports of canola seeds from Canada (DS589). Today, the WTO
announced
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/DS/589-6.
China’s Rules on Registering Overseas Food Manufacturers Prompt Concerns over Trade Disruption at WTO
On November 2, China’s Customs agency issued the English version of the Provisions of the People's Republic of China on the Registration and Administration of Overseas Manufacturers of Imported Food. The Chinese version of the rules, 中华人民共和国进口食品境外生产企业注册管理规定, was issued on April 12, 2021 and will take effect
New Paper Considers China's Changing Perspective on the WTO
A new paper [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3958510] by
legal scholar Henry Gao looks at how China’s perspective on the WTO has changed
over the years, from initially viewing it as "the symbol for its aspiration to
integrate into the world economy,"
Latest WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiating Text Addresses Forced Labor
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/two-recent-biden-administration-actions-against-forced-labor-in-fishing/]
in June, on May 26 the Biden administration put forward a proposal
[https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/IssueAreas/Trade%20Organizations/WTO/US.Proposal.Forced.Labor.26May2021.final%5B2%5D.pdf]
in the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations that raised the issue of
Taiwan Raises Fruit Ban Concerns with China at WTO Committee
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/taiwan-may-challenge-china-at-the-wto-over-fruit-bans/]
, in September China’s Customs agency announced
[http://www.customs.gov.cn//customs/302249/zfxxgk/zfxxgkml34/3892452/index.html]
(link in Chinese) that it would suspend imports of sugar apples (also known as
custard apples) and wax apples from Taiwan, because
