WTO Disputes: It's All About China These Days

Here are the 11 most recent WTO consultations requests:

Dispute Name DS
Number
Complainant(s) Respondent Request Date
European Communities - Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners from China 397 China European Communities Jul 31, 2009
Philippines - Taxes on Distilled Spirits 396 European Communities Philippines Jul 29, 2009
China - Measures Related to the Exportation of Various Raw Materials 395 European Communities China Jun 23, 2009
China - Measures Related to the Exportation of Various Raw Materials 394 United States China Jun 23, 2009
Chile - Anti-Dumping Measures on Imports of Wheat Flour from Argentina 393 Argentina Chile May 14, 2009
United States - Certain Measures Affecting Imports of Poultry from China 392 China United States Apr 17, 2009
Korea - Measures Affecting the Importation of Bovine Meat and Meat Products from Canada 391 Canada Korea Apr 09, 2009
China - Grants, Loans, and Other Incentives 390 Guatemala China Jan 19, 2009
European Communities - Certain Measures Affecting Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products from the United States 389 United States European Communities Jan 16, 2009
China - Grants, Loans, and Other Incentives 388 Mexico China Dec 19, 2008
China - Grants, Loans, and Other Incentives 387 United States China Dec 19, 2008

Of these 11, 7 have involved China, 2 as a complainant and 5 as a respondent.  It is worth noting that some of these requests overlap, in that they relate to the same matter (DS387,388 and 390, and then DS394 and 395).  But even taking that into account, it still leaves China in 4 of the last 8 requests relating to individual "matters."