Category: WTO

Australia Lays Bare Beijing’s Coercive Trade Policy at WTO

October 20, 2021
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Australian diplomats have issued a strongly worded statement criticising Beijing’s use of economic coercion and warning that its behaviour could undermine the global trading system. Australia’s ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), George Mina, released the statement as part of the global body’s regular Trade Policy Review process. It said that while increased engagement…

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US Committed to WTO and Wants It to Succeed, Trade Representative Tai Says

October 14, 2021
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GENEVA—Top U.S. trade negotiator Katherine Tai on Thursday affirmed the Biden administration’s commitment to the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying consensus was possible on several trade and health proposals at a major meeting next month. The 25-year-old global trade body is facing questions about its relevance and director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is under pressure to deliver…

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The Fable of the Trans-Pacific Trade Pact

October 3, 2021
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Commentary The story of trade in our world is an ongoing fable of successes and failures, even as the setups to facilitate it are usually invariably designed to bring happily prosperous outcomes. Like all fables, there are lessons to be learned. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) began as an expansion of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership…

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Top US Trade Official to Have Meeting With WTO Chief on Wednesday

September 22, 2021
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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will have an online meeting on Wednesday with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director-general of the World Trade Organization, Tai’s media office said, weeks before it holds an import ministerial conference. Tai spoke by telephone earlier this month with the head of the WTO and acknowledged the “difficult logistical challenges” facing the…

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After 20 Years, China Still Skirting WTO Regulations

September 17, 2021
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Commentary To be a true market economy, Beijing must ends its “Made in China 2025” program and its predatory goal of trade and global dominance. In the spring of 2000, the United States normalized trade relations with China. In December 2001, China ascended to the World Trade Organization (WTO). President Bill Clinton expressed his hope…

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Australia Pushes Forward With Next Phase of WTO Wine Dispute With China

September 16, 2021
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Australia will push forward with the next phase of its ongoing World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute with China over punitive tariffs imposed on its wine exports to the country. Trade Minister Dan Tehan said Australia would ask the WTO to establish a dispute settlement panel to adjudicate the anti-dumping duties that were slapped on wine…

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WTO Backs US in Solar Cell Case Brought by China

September 3, 2021
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BRUSSELS—The United States secured a victory at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Thursday in a case brought by China over U.S. measures to limit the import of solar panel cells. A three-person WTO panel rejected all four of China’s claims and said that the measures did not breach global trade rules. The United States…

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Two Decades After Joining, China ‘Remains Woefully Short’ of Meeting WTO Pledges: Report

August 7, 2021
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Should China have been admitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001? “Knowing now the behavior that China has exhibited as a member of the WTO over the past 20 years, with a really significant failure to live up to their commitments, the answer would be ‘no,’” Stephen Ezell, vice president of Global Innovation…

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France: We May Refer Moscow to WTO Over Champagne Row

July 6, 2021
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PARIS—France’s government said on Tuesday it may refer Russia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over Moscow’s plans to force champagne producers to add the designation “sparkling wine” to their products sold in Russia. Moscow has adopted legislation requiring the “sparkling wine” label be added to bottles of foreign fizz, while Russian producers of the…

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China Launches Flurry of WTO Actions Against Australia

June 24, 2021
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China has launched three simultaneous WTO actions against Australia, arguing that tariffs implemented on Chinese railway wheels, wind towers, and stainless-steel sinks were excessive. The move has been described as “petty” by the Australian finance minister and follows World Trade Organisation (WTO) actions by the federal government against Chinese tariffs slapped on wine and barley…

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