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Global Times · 9d

A thorough analysis of the legality of US’ tariff abuses, China's countermeasures

The US' unilateral and protectionist act not only disrupts the international economic structure, but also exposes fundamental flaws in the legality and legitimacy of US trade policies under both international and US domestic laws.
Icon for www.livemint.comMint · 16d

Unilateral tariffs risk retaliation aimed at intellectual property

via a mechanism provided for under the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Understanding (Article 22). As an example, consider the US-gambling dispute that concerned the discriminatory blocking by the US ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Dec 16, 2024

How Trump's 'America First' policy threatens WTO trade rules

Under extreme scenarios ... who have historically relied on the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism to protect their interests," said SWP's Heribert Dieter, adding that this worked very well ...
Reuters · 28d

China files complaint with WTO over new US tariffs

China said it had opened a formal complaint against the new U.S. tariffs with the World Trade Organization on Friday, saying the measures violate WTO rules and requesting consultations.
Icon for www.bernama.combernama · Mar 4, 2025

China Initiates Legal Action Against US via WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism

BEIJING, March 4 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- China has initiated legal action against the United States under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism regarding the latter's latest tariff increase on Chinese products, the Ministry of ...
Icon for www.channelnewsasia.comChannel NewsAsia Singapore · 29d

WTO powerless against protectionist wave

But the WTO finds its room for manoeuvre constricted, not least by Washington's move under the first Trump administration to hamstring its dispute settlement mechanism by blocking the appointment ...
Icon for businessmirror.com.phBusinessMirror · 1d

Revitalizing global trade: The call for WTO reform amid escalating tensions

to help build momentum for WTO revitalization. Strengthening the institution’s dispute settlement mechanism, updating its rules for the digital age, and empowering it to sanction trade ...
Icon for www.aastocks.com阿思達克財經網 · Apr 2, 2025

MOC: CN Initiates WTO Dispute Against US Over Latest Tariff Hike

In response, China has filed a new complaint against the US under the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism, targeting Washington’s latest tariff measures. The spokesperson ...
Icon for www.livemint.comMint · 15d

Mint Primer | Down, not out: Will WTO live to see another day?

A state department spokesman said, “Funding for the WTO, along with other international organizations, is currently under review ... of WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism, the US has blocked ...
Icon for www.asahi.com朝日新聞社 · 6d

EDITORIAL: As the guardian of free trade, WTO has a duty to fix itself

But little progress was made on fixing the WTO’s dysfunctional dispute settlement mechanism ... food imports from Taiwan and Australia under the pretext of quarantine. Beijing took the step ...
Business Standard · 12d

India to raise steel, aluminium tariff issue with US next week: Official

India has taken up the issue with the US over the re-imposition of duties by America on steel and aluminium and the matter is expected to figure during a meeting next week, an official said.
Rediff Money · 12d

India-US Trade Talks: Steel, Aluminium Tariff Dispute to Feature

India and the US will discuss the re-imposed steel and aluminium tariffs during trade talks next week. The issue was previously resolved through a WTO agreement but the Trump administration reinstated tariffs.
Icon for www.chinadaily.com.cn中国日报网 · 22d

Washington trade war necessitates revival of WTO Appellate Body

Unfortunately, the WTO's Dispute Settlement Mechanism has since late 2019 been in a limbo because of the US' refusal to approve any proposal to appoint new members to the WTO Appellate Body.
Icon for en.mercopress.comMercoPress · Oct 7, 2023

EU begins applying the Carbon Mechanism on seven imports with surcharges to 20% to 35%

Undoubtedly, Brussels is taking advantage of the paralysis of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism to impose its environmental standards worldwide under the weight of classical protectionism.
Icon for www.globaltimes.cnGlobal Times · 22d

China files lawsuit with WTO following latest US tariff hikes: MOFCOM

announced on Wednesday that China has filed a lawsuit against the US over the US' latest tariff increase measures under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. The US tariff measures seriously ...
Icon for www.china.org.cnChina Internet Information Center · 23d

1st LD-Writethru: China files lawsuit with WTO following latest U.S. tariff hikes: commerce ministry

China's Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday that the country has filed a lawsuit against the United States with the World Trade Organization's (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism following the ...
The Economic Times on MSN.com · 11d

Issue of steel, aluminium tariff likely to figure during India, US officials’ meet next week

India has taken up the issue with the US over the re-imposition of duties by America on steel and aluminium and the matter is expected to figure during a meeting next week, an official said. The official said a similar duty imposition case was amicably resolved by the US and India under a mutually agreed solution (MAS) at the WTO (World Trade Organization).
Icon for www.chinadaily.com.cn中国日报网 · Mar 24, 2025

Beijing an upholder of trade system centered on WTO

The moves are in violation of the US' obligations under the General Agreement ... has approached the WTO dispute settlement mechanism to resolve the issue. China has taken countermeasures against ...
Icon for www.businessinsider.inBusiness Insider India · Mar 18, 2020

India under no obligation to implement WTO's dispute panel recommendations on export schemes: Goyal

A dispute settlement panel of World Trade Organization (WTO ... WTO's dispute settle mechanism), the appeal has been kept in suspension. Till the appeal is disposed of, India is under no ...
Icon for www.thedailystar.netThe Daily Star · 22d

China files WTO complaint over latest US tariffs

"China has initiated proceedings before the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism", he said, according to state news agency Xinhua. Beijing "will firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests ...
Icon for www.businessinsider.inBusiness Insider India · Dec 10, 2019

WTO's appellate body becomes dysfunctional

New Delhi, Dec 10 () WTO's dispute settlement mechanism will be impaired with the departure of two of the three judges on its appellate body following completion of their term on Tuesday.
Icon for tass.comTASS · Mar 4, 2025

China complaints to WTO due to new US tariffs

TASS/. China has engaged the dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO) due to the increase of duties on Chinese goods by the United States, the China’s Ministry of ...
Icon for www.ft.comThe Financial Times · 3d

US declaration of world trade war tests resolve of WTO members

But the president’s unilateral declaration of trade war on the world could give it a new lease of life, argues the WTO’s director ... the body’s dispute settlement mechanism by refusing ...
Icon for tass.comTASS · Dec 27, 2021

WTO is 'paralyzed,' dispute settlement body does not work — Lavrov

Operations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been paralyzed because its dispute settlement body does ... they left themselves, someone under pressure from their governments, someone ...
Icon for www.asahi.com朝日新聞社 · Mar 23, 2024

EDITORIAL: Reform of WTO key to regaining dispute-settling mechanism

The Appellate Body, essentially the highest court within the WTO’s dispute settlement system ... procedures and a more flexible mediation mechanism. By starting from areas where there are ...
Icon for www.un.orgwebtv.un.org · Sep 21, 2022

Settlement of Disputes

The International Court of Justice is one of the courts or tribunals that may be chosen under the dispute settlement mechanisms of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. For more ...
The Hindu · 12d

Calling out American trade illegality

History should remember India as a nation that defended national interests while taking up the cudgels for the developing world to establish a fair and just trading order
Icon for www.rieti.go.jpRIETI独立行政法人経済産業研究所 · Dec 5, 2017

Possibility of Inefficient Breaches under WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures: Analysis from the Viewpoint of Law and Economics

This paper attempts to reexamine the dispute settlement procedures under the World Trade Organization ... procedures focusing on their aspect as a mechanism for deterring non-compliance with WTO rules. In this regard, Warren F. Schwarz and Alan O.
Icon for www.rieti.go.jpRIETI独立行政法人経済産業研究所 · Dec 3, 2017

Implementation System Under the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism

The book explores problems arising from the system for securing implementation under the current dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO), focusing on "pending cases" that have little likelihood of implementation. Table of ...
Icon for www.thehindu.comThe Hindu · 7d

Is the World Trade Organization still relevant?

Has the WTO been sidelined ... The Appellate body or the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM) has also being rendered dysfunctional. It started during Barack Obama’s time. Since then, the U.S ...
Icon for www.cnn.comCNN · Jan 1, 2001

WTO finds against Argentina in EU leather dispute

The three panelists also found that special Argentine taxes on imports of finished leather went against the rules and recommended that the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body tell Argentina to come into ...