I have not seen much written about the U.S. tariffs on Chinese tires since the consultations request was filed. We are now on to the next stage, though, as China has just filed its panel request. At first glance, the main differences between the requests are that the panel request adds a GATT Article II (tariff concessions) claim to the earlier Article I (MFN) claim; and it drops one of the claims under the Accession Protocol.