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Highlights of China's Policy Statement at Its WTO Trade Policy Review
China's eighth WTO Trade Policy Review is taking place on October 20 and 22 (the
seventh review [https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tp475_e.htm] was in
July 2018). As part of these reviews, the government being reviewed submits a
"policy statement."
Chinese Measures and Trade Concerns Discussed at the June 2021 TBT Committee Meeting
At the meeting of the WTO’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade held on
June 2-4 and 9, 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
At WTO General Council Meeting, U.S. and Other WTO Members Push for Taiwanese Chair of GPA Committee
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/wto-government-procurement-committee-debates-appointment-of-taiwanese-delegate-as-chair/]
last month, there has been some heated debate over the appointment of Ms
Liang-Rong Lin [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3948974] of Taiwan -- or
the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese
Taipei), as it is
China's Export Control Law Discussed in WTO Meeting
At the March 31 and April 1 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for
which minutes have just recently been circulated by the WTO
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/C/M139.pdf&Open=True]
, both the EU
Chinese Restrictions on Waste Imports Discussed by Multiple WTO Members in Council for Trade in Goods Meeting
The United States continues to press China on its restrictions on waste imports,
as it has done in various WTO committees over the years. At the March 31 and
April 1, 2021 meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods, for which minutes have
just recently been circulated by the
At WTO Meeting, China Raises Concerns over Sweden's 5G Construction
At the March 31 and April 1 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for
which minutes have just recently been circulated by the WTO
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/C/M139.pdf&Open=True]
, China raised an
Document: U.S. and China Discuss WTO Panel Ruling on Safeguards at DSB Meeting
At the September 27 DSB meeting, China and the United States discussed the U.S.
- Photovoltaic Safeguards (DS562) panel report. The case involves
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/to-appeal-or-not-to-appeal-the-question-facing-china-in-the-wto-dispute-on-solar-safeguards/]
Chinese claims against a 2018 U.S. safeguard measure on crystalline silicon
photovoltaic products. The WTO panel rejected various claims that