Brooke Ringel on WTO

USTR Issues Determinations in Digital Services Tax Investigations

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (UST) has issued determinations in the investigations of digital services taxes (DSTs) adopted or considered by India, Italy, and Turkey, finding that “each of the DSTs...more

1/13/2021 / Digital Services Tax , Investigations , Section 301 , Trade Act of 1974 , USTR , WTO

China Requests $2.4 Billion in Relief After WTO Ruling Against United States

Late last week, China filed a request with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) for authorization to “suspend concessions and related obligations” in the amount of $2.4 billion as recourse for the...more

10/22/2019 / China , Imports , Tariffs , Trump Administration , WTO

Developing Country Status Up for Debate at WTO

At the WTO General Council’s meeting this week in Geneva, the debate over developing country rights at the WTO came to a head. The United States has recently been especially outspoken in its criticism of developing country...more

10/18/2019 / Exemptions , Imports , Tariffs , USTR , WTO

WTO Declines to Find Australia’s Tobacco Product Packaging Restrictions Inconsistent with Trade Rules

Last week, a WTO dispute settlement panel ruled that Australia’s plain packaging rules for tobacco products do not violate WTO rules. In April 2012, Honduras requested consultations with Australia at the WTO over Australia’s...more

7/3/2018 / Australia , Product Packaging , Tobacco , Trademarks , TRIPS Agreement , Warning Labels , WTO

Global Trade Flows Are Expanding, But Is There a Reason for Optimism?

Last Friday, the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, as part of its World Trade Monitor, reported that global trade flows – the volume of export and imports of goods – was 4.5% higher in 2017 than in 2016. ...more

2/26/2018 / NAFTA , Trade Agreements , Trade Expansion Act of 1962 , Trade Policy , Trans-Pacific Partnership , WTO

China to Encourage Even More Steel Exports

Late last week, the Government of China announced that it would be removing export taxes on many steel products, including wire, rods, bars, billets, and stainless steel plate, as of January 1, 2018. The move is part of a...more

12/20/2017 / Anti-Dumping Duty , China , Countervailing Duties , Exports , OECD , Steel Industry , WTO

The U.S. Fights Back at the WTO on China’s NME Status

Last week, the United States filed its first legal analysis of the China non-market economy issue in a dispute at the World Trade Organization brought by China against the European Union....more

12/4/2017 / Anti-Dumping Duty , China , Popular , U.S. Commerce Department , WTO

Commerce Continues China’s Status as a Non-Market Economy

On October 26, 2017, the Department of Commerce announced the results of an investigation concluding that China is a non-market economy (“NME”) country for purposes of Commerce’s antidumping analysis. Commerce’s decision...more

11/1/2017 / Anti-Dumping Duty , China , Imports , U.S. Commerce Department , WTO

Russia Under Scrutiny

Earlier this month, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) published a notice seeking public comment and participation in a hearing on Russia’s implementation of its obligations under the World Trade...more

8/22/2017 / Public Comment , Russia , USTR , WTO

Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Round-Up

This month saw significant activity in United States-European Union relations, including some movement in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations and other events indirectly impacting key TTIP...more

6/1/2015 / EU-US Trade , INTA , Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) , TTIP , WTO

Brooke Ringel

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

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