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What Chinese Behavior is Outside the Scope of WTO Rules?

At a House Ways and Means Committee trade hearing last week, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) said this: Many countries, especially China, ... engage in predatory, unfair, and anti-free market behavior outside the scope of the WTO rules. While the rules could of course be tightened, it's important to note

What if the Clinton Administration Hadn't Agreed to China's WTO Accession?

In recent years, I've frequently heard the argument that the Clinton administration made a mistake by allowing China to join the WTO. The specific actions here are the Clinton administration's completion of a bilateral deal with China in 1999 (which paved the way for other governments

Ro Khanna Wants To Reconsider WTO Rules Relating To China, Still Worried about Trade Deficit

This is something from a recent speech by Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA): The US needs to work with our allies to pursue a broad WTO dispute case against the PRC. One hurdle is that the current Dispute Settlement process cannot litigate in key China-related areas that are not adequately covered

The Curious Case of US Self-Judging, Part 2

Last Friday, the United States appealed the US-Origin Marking Requirement (DS597) and the US-Steel and Aluminium Products (DS544,552, 556, 564) reports. With the appeal came news that the US would lead an effort to draft an authoritative interpretation of GATT Article XXI. This U.S. administration will want to

If I were an Appellate Body. Post 1.

At the close of December, 2 WTO panel reports were circulated. First, United States – Certain Measures on Steel and Aluminium Products (DS544/552/556/564) on 9 December 2022. Second, United States-Origin Marking (DS597) on 21 December 2022. This post is in multiple parts. The first, If I were an

Tai: "A Lot of Potential" for Coordinating U.S./EU approaches to China

This is from a two part interview by CNN's Julia Chatterley with U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai: Chatterley: Another, and it's been described as a pivot point actually, in the relationship between the EU and the United States, when we spoke to the French finance

The Biden Administration's China Trade Policy

I wrote a piece over at China Trade Monitor (still free for now!) on Katherine Tai's speech from yesterday and the Biden administration's developing China trade policy. Here's the intro and conclusions: After months of saying that they are reviewing their China trade policy,

The Place of China in U.S. Foreign Policy After 9/11 and China's WTO Accession

Former State Department official Evan Feigenbaum was recently part of an oral history project on the George W. Bush presidency. I found his comments on that administration's initial focus on China in foreign policy but subsequent shift to the Middle East after 9/11 very interesting. I have

Katherine Tai on China's Place in the Global Trading System and the U.S. Response

Here are two questions/answers related to China's place in the global trading system and how the United States should deal with China, from today's House Ways and Means committee hearing on the Biden administration's trade agenda: Chairman Neal: Ambassador, when China joined the

Forced Technology Transfer Provisions in the CAI and the US-China Phase One Deal

It's interesting to compare the forced technology transfer provisions of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) and the US-China Phase One trade agreement. Here are the CAI provisions: Article 3 Performance Requirements 1. Neither Party may, in connection with the establishment or the operation of all enterprises