The WTO’s dispute settlement panel has broadly endorsed a claim brought against the EU by China regarding a tariff rate quota extension for chicken. In 2012, the EU extended its WTO quotas to Thailand and Brazil, two major exporters of poultry. China, whose exports to the EU had increased significantly …
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WTO appellate report strengthens EU case in pork ban dispute with Russia
Russia is probably regretting having appealed the first WTO dispute panel finding against one of its most politically charged trade tussle with the EU. In September 2016, the dispute settlement body in Geneva ruled that Russia’s import ban on pork products from Baltic states introduced in 2014 and extended …
Trade Facilitation Agreement comes into force
The WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement has come into force more than three years after its signature in Bali. After Rwanda, Oman, Chad and Jordan ratified the pact this week, the threshold of 110 member ratifications required for the text to come into force was reached on Wednesday (22 February 2017). The …
In brief: Russia appeals WTO ruling on commercial vehicle duties
Russia has appealed against a January 2017 WTO dispute settlement ruling indicting it for not following the rulebook in applying trade defence duties against German and Italian commercial vehicles. The WTO’s main disagreement was the fact that Russia only took into account the damage to one company – Sollers – in …
In brief: MEPs give nod to updated WTO deal on trade in civil aircraft
MEPs did not only vote on CETA today. They also endorsed a technical amendment to the WTO’s Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft. ATCA is a 1980 trade pact among 32 formerly GATT now WTO members that liberalises trade in non military aircraft and its components. In 2015, its …
In brief: Indonesia files appeal against WTO ‘fatty alcohol’ ruling
Jakarta is not happy with a WTO dispute settlement body ruling that largely rebuffed a case it brought against the EU for applying antidumping duties on its exports of ‘fatty alcohols’. Today, it officially lodged an appeal in the WTO. In a panel report issued on 16 December 2016 the dispute settlement …
Panel finds Russian antidumping duties on EU vans WTO incompatible
The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization has found Russia’s antidumping duties imposed on light commercial vehicles from Germany and Italy to violate the Antidumping Agreement of the WTO and Article VI of the GATS. In 2013, Russia imposed duties of 29.6 percent on German van imports …
Belarus wants to become WTO member in 2017
Belarus might perhaps not quite be “the last dictatorship in Europe”. But it is definitely the last country in Europe that is not a member of the World Trade Organization. The former Soviet country and member of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union has recently been reforming its economy, which has been …
Lamy: ‘Trumponomics’ won’t contaminate Europe
By Catherine Stupp. This article was originally published by Euractiv.com – one of Borderlex’s editorial partners.
In brief: US and EU agree on pharma deal – WTO TRIPs waiver for pharmaceuticals comes into force
The EU and US have finalised an agreement among regulators today that mutually recognises each party’s ‘good manufacturing practices’ for pharmaceuticals. Pharma was also source of news from Geneva today. The EU-US agreement, initially part of the regulatory package of the now dormant Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement is an update to a …
