The first arbitration award has been issued under the appeal procedure set out in the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA). The appeal of the Report of the Panel in Colombia – Anti-Dumping Duties on Frozen Fries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands (DS591) was filed by Colombia on 6 October 2022. The award was issued 75 days later, well… Continue reading First MPIA Appeal Arbitration Award Issued Under WTO Alternative Appeal…
On 6 October 2022 a notification of appeal was filed by Colombia of the Report of the Panel in Colombia – Anti-Dumping Duties on Frozen Fries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands (DS591). This is the first notification of appeal under Article 25 of the WTO Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)… Continue reading First WTO appeal initiated utilizing the procedures under the Multi-Party…
The first dispute has been initiated under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). On 12 May 2022, New Zealand requested consultations concerning Canada’s implementation of its obligations regarding tariff rate quotas (TRQs). Rather than the high tariffs otherwise applicable to dairy imports, the TRQs provide duty-free access for specified annual quantities of the following dairy products:… Continue reading Daring to challenge Dairy: New Zealand challenges Canada’s implementation of…
On 28 April 2022, Turkey notified the WTO Members that is was appealing the report of the panel in the Turkey – Pharmaceutical Products dispute (DS583) using the arbitration procedures under Article 25 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU). Although similar in procedure, this appeal was not initiated under the recently established Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA). The MPIA… Continue reading The First WTO Appeal Arbitration is Initiated, Although Not Directly…
On 21 December 2021, the European Union and the United States notified the WTO Dispute Settlement Body that they have agreed to terminate the WTO panel proceedings in United States – Certain Measures on Steel and Aluminum Products (DS548) and European Union – Additional Duties on Certain Products from the United States (DS559). These disputes concern the European Union’s… Continue reading Yet another approach to WTO dispute settlement – binding arbitration…
On 1 January 2021, trading began under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a regional trade agreement aimed at all 55 member states of the African Union. The agreement is publicized as encompassing the world’s largest free trade area since the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Once fully implemented, the AfCFTA will establish a new… Continue reading Leading the World – the African Continental Free Trade Area…
On 7 October 2020, Canada released its preliminary list of banned single-use plastic items. The list is included in Table 3a of Environment Canada’s Discussion paper: A proposed integrated management approach to plastic products to prevent waste and pollution. The listed products are: plastic checkout bags stir sticks 6-pack rings food service ware made from problematic… Continue reading Canada’s Ban of Certain Single Use Plastic Items will have…
On 15 September 2020, the report of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel in United States – Tariff Measures on Certain Goods from China (DS543) was released. This dispute concerned China’s challenge of US “Section 301” tariff measures that impose additional ad valorem customs duties on certain products imported into the United States from China. This was the first WTO ruling… Continue reading WTO Panel Rules that U.S. Section 301 Tariffs on Imports…
Facing imminent Canadian countermeasures against the United States’ Section 232 tariffs on Canadian articles of aluminum (see What goes around comes around… Canada Issues List of Proposed Countermeasures against U.S. Aluminum Duties), on September 15, 2020, the United States withdrew its duties, retroactive to September 1, 2020. Harking back to the days of Voluntary Restraint Agreements (VRAs),… Continue reading The U.S. Blinks First – No Tariffs on Imports of…
On 31 July 2020, the (now 23) signatories to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) (Australia; Benin; Brazil; Canada; China; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; the European Union; Guatemala; Hong Kong, China; Iceland; Mexico; Montenegro; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Norway; Pakistan; Singapore; Switzerland; Ukraine; and Uruguay) announced the pool of 10 standing… Continue reading Pool of Ten Appeal Arbitrators Established for the WTO Multi-Party…
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