WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION

The WTO has referred to arbitration a request by mainland China to retaliate on US$7 billion worth of U.S. goods for the alleged failure of the United States to comply with an Appellate Body ruling regarding its methodology for calculating dumping margins. At issue is the practice of “zeroing,” which tends to increase the level of U.S. AD duties on foreign producers. More

In his opening statement at the World Trade Organisation’s 11th ministerial meeting that was recently held in Buenos Aires, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer enumerated concerns that have helped throw the WTO’s future into doubt. More

Subsequent to the informal agreement on the EU’s new anti-dumping methodology which was struck between negotiators from the European Parliament and EU ministers on 3 October 2017, mainland China claims that the EU will continue to breach its WTO obligations after the introduction of its revised anti-dumping rules. More

Renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement – a 1994 trade deal that includes the United States, Canada and Mexic0 – is a top priority for the Trump administration, but trade relations with the European Union, reforming the World Trade Organisation and enforcing existing trade deals are also high on the list, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees in June. More