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How Do You Like Your Chicken: With or Without Chemicals?

Roughly speaking, that's the issue in the EC - Measures Affecting Poultry Meat WTO dispute (DS389), for which the U.S. recently announced it will request a panel. The panel request describes the issue as follows: The EC prohibits the import of poultry treated with any substance other than

The WTO Cotton Dispute: Another Compliance Panel?

Not too many years ago, it was a bit unclear whether a respondent in a WTO dispute could go to DSU Article 21.5 and ask a panel to declare that it was in compliance, so as to put an end to the trade sanctions it was facing. However, the

The Cotton 22.6 Decision(s): A Chance to Test TRIPS Retaliation?

The Article 22.6 Arbitration decision in the U.S. - Cotton case was issued today. Or rather, the decisions, plural. There is one decision related to actionable subsidies and one decision related to prohibited subsidies. So what do they say? Well, I'm still trying to finish up the

China's Implementation in WTO Dispute Settlement

A lot of people have been wondering how China will implement adverse WTO rulings. Well, here's an indication from the China - Auto Parts (DS339,340,342) dispute: China is expected to next week scrap higher tariffs on imported auto parts after World Trade Organization last year ruled that

The Clove Cigarette Case: Indonesia Goes to the WTO

Not a DSU complaint yet, though. Just a communication to the TBT Committee. Here's a link: http://docsonline.wto.org:80/DDFDocuments/t/G/TBT/W323.doc (Note that it's a Word document). In the communication, Indonesia briefly sets out the legal issues, and then has

China To Appeal the China - Publications/AV Products Decision

That was quick. From Reuters: "We think it was improper for the WTO not to reject the U.S. request," the spokesman, Yao Jian, told a news conference in Beijing. "Based on the WTO schedule, we are preparing the documents necessary to lodge an appeal."Here&

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,

WTO Litigation Costs and the Seal Products Case

I was recently talking to someone writing a paper about the costs of litigating WTO disputes, so I found the following quite interesting. Commenting on the Seal Products dispute, a lawyer who would probably know these things suggests the following in relation to that case: A WTO challenge would likely

The WTO GMO Dispute Is 1/3 Over

The 1/3 being Canada's complaint. The complaints by Argentina and the United States remain unresolved. From the EC press release: EC regulatory procedures on genetically modified organisms are working normally, as evidenced by 21 authorisations since the date of establishment of the WTO panel. The European Commission

The European Commission's Report on U.S. Gambling Measures

Under its Trade Barriers Regulation, the European Commission published a report today concluding that U.S. measures affecting foreign suppliers of Internet gambling services "constitute an obstacle to trade that is inconsistent with WTO rules." The full report is here. The legal analysis is on pages 53-77