After China imposed an import suspension on two types of Taiwanese fruit last week, Taiwanese officials warned of challenging this decision at the WTO. This challenge could simply be raising the issue in a WTO Committee, but if it turns into a formal dispute, it would be the first WTO

In early September, we wrote about [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/to-appeal-or-not-to-appeal-the-question-facing-china-in-the-wto-dispute-on-solar-safeguards/] the choice faced by China in relation to a WTO panel report which rejected China's WTO complaint against a U.S. safeguard measure on certain solar products. Would China appeal the report, or let it be adopted?

Pursuant to Article 16.4 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, China recently provided its semi-annual report of its anti-dumping actions, covering the period January 1 – June 30, 2021. The report (WTO document G/ADP/N/357/CHN [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/ADP/N357CHN.

At a July 16 meeting of the WTO's Committee on Government Procurement, WTO Members that are parties to this Agreement debated the appointment of Ms Liang-Rong Lin of Taiwan [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3948974] -- or the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and

At the April 28, 2021 meeting of the WTO Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, a number of issues were raised by China in relation to other Members’ anti-dumping laws and practices, and by other Members in relation to Chinese practices. China engaged with Australia, the European Union, Japan, the United Kingdom

Following an EU request for China to provide more information about judicial decisions and regulations related to patents, China has now provided a response. However, it does not seem to directly address all of the EU questions, and the EU may press China again on these points going forward. As

Yesterday, the WTO announced [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/DS/598-6.pdf&Open=True] that on September 3, the WTO Director-General had composed the panel in the WTO complaint brought by Australia [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/] against China's AD/