During the Trump administration, the U.S. government raised the issue of the role of the state in the Chinese economy and the implications for how China fits within the world trading system. The administration also started a broader discussion of market orientation as a principle at the WTO. This

Australia has been pressing forward recently with two WTO complaints against Chinese AD/CVD measures. It requested a panel on AD/CVD measures against barley [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/] (that panel was established on May 28, but is not yet composed); and on June 22 it requested consultations [https:

A panel was established to hear the WTO dispute on Chinese AD/CVD determinations on Australian barley.

In a communication posted on the WTO's website on July 6, 2021 (IP/C/W/682 [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/IP/C/W682.pdf&Open=True] ), the EU requested information from China pursuant to Article 63.3 of the TRIPS

At the meeting of the WTO’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade held on February 24-26, 2021, a number of WTO Members raised “specific trade concerns” about particular Chinese measures, and China voiced its concerns with measures of other Members. The official minutes of that meeting are now available

Last week, the Biden administration took two separate actions related to forced labor in commercial fishing. The first action was by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), and directly targeted Chinese practices with an import ban on certain products tied to a particular Chinese company. The second action was

Pursuant to Article 25.11 of the SCM Agreement, China recently provided its semi-annual report of its countervailing duty actions, covering the period July 1 – December 31, 2020 (WTO document G/SCM/N/371/CHN [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/SCM/N371CHN.pdf&