In October, we reported that at the October 7-8 General Council meeting, the United States put forward a "Room Document" (RD/GC/16) in support of the appointment of Ms Liang-Rong Lin of Taiwan -- or the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei)

At a WTO meeting of the Council for Trade in Services on October 22, 2021, Japan and the U.S. put China's cybersecurity measures on the agenda. These two Members, along with Canada, Australia, and the EU, offered comments on the measures, expressing concern with the burdens they

On December 22, the WTO circulated the question and answer part of China's Trade Policy Review. The full document is 562 pages and contains hundreds of questions and answers, so it is difficult to provide a comprehensive summary. What we have tried to do in this piece is

In a WTO complaint [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/key-legal-issues-in-the-wto-dispute-on-chinas-anti-dumping-rulings-on-australian-wine/] by Australia against Chinese anti-dumping duties on Australian wine (DS602), China and Australia have agreed to procedures [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/DS/589-5.pdf&Open=True] for using an alternative mechanism for

In recent years, China has been developing an export control law, which to some extent is similar to that of the United States and other countries. As China is still developing the implementing regulations, other governments have been weighing in and raising concerns. At the July 8 and 9, 2021

At the July 8 and 9, 2021 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for which the minutes have just recently been circulated by the WTO [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/C/M140.pdf&Open=True] , several WTO

At a WITA webinar [https://www.wita.org/events/chinas-wto-20-years/] today commemorating the 20 year anniversary of China's accession to the WTO, several key figures from the accession negotiations on both the U.S. and Chinese sides offered remarks and responded to questions. The speakers were Ambassador Charlene