WTO Dispute Settlement Body Announces Agenda for Jan. 27 Meeting
The World Trade Organization published the agenda for the Jan. 27 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body. It includes U.S. status reports on the implementation of DSB recommendations on antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; antidumping and countervailing duties on ripe olives from Spain; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. A status report also is expected from Indonesia on measures related to the import of horticultural products, animals and animal products; and from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products, and on safeguard measures on certain steel products.
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During the meeting, the EU will request two dispute panels over China's measures dealing with trade in goods and services and China's enforcement of intellectual property rights. Four panel reports also will be submitted to the DSB dealing with U.S. Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs. The reports were released in December and found the tariffs violated global trade rules (see 2212090060). China will submit a statement on the panel rulings to the DSB, and Turkey also will submit a statement on one of the panel reports.
Another panel ruling before the DSB deals with a U.S. origin marking requirement. In this ruling, the panel found that the U.S. violated the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade by requiring goods made in Hong Kong to be marked as being made in China (see 2212220029). Hong Kong will submit a statement on the ruling.
Numerous countries, but not the U.S., will propose nominations for governmental and nongovernmental panelists to serve on the DSB, and Colombia will lay out its intentions regarding the implementation of an arbitration ruling over its antidumping duties on frozen fries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.