The WTO Goods Council on 26 March heard the world’s largest traders exchange views on actions the United States is taking against China following a “Section 301” investigation of China’s trade practices relating to intellectual property (IP), technology transfer and innovation. The Council also (...)
The Goods Council, on 26 March, elected Canadian Ambassador Stephen de Boer as its new chair. It also approved a list of new chairs to the 14 subsidiary bodies that report to the Council.
The United States has requested WTO consultations with China concerning certain Chinese measures which the US alleges are inconsistent with China’s obligations under the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). The request was circulated to WTO members on (...)
On 26 March 2018, Costa Rica notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it publicized on 19 March 2018 an initiation of a safeguard investigation on imports of bars of steel for the reinforcement of concrete.
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 27 March 2018, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document officially (...)
WTO members expressed concern over the United States’ imposition of higher tariffs on steel and aluminium imports and the impact they may have on the global trading system at a meeting of the Council on Trade in Goods on 23 March, the same day the new US measure came into effect. The US (...)
On 22 March 2018, the WTO Appellate Body issued its report in the case “Russia — Anti-Dumping Duties on Light Commercial Vehicles from Germany and Italy” (DS479).
Lebanon has a new children’s choir – but this is a choir with a difference. All its members have, at some point in their lives, engaged in child labour – some in its worst and most hazardous forms. The choir is made up of Lebanese as well as Syrian and Palestinian refugee children. The choir’s (...)
On 21 March a WTO panel issued its compliance report in the dispute “United States — Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain Products from China — Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by China” (DS437)