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WTO Panel delivers first ever ruling against China

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • China, Global
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  • July 25 2008

On 18 July 2008 a World Trade Organisation (WTO) Panel Report decided in favour of complaints brought by the European Union, the United States and Canada that China had violated its WTO obligations by imposing a special tax on imported car parts that represent a proportion above a certain threshold of the fully assembled car

Collapse of Doha Round of WTO talks

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Global
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  • August 1 2008

The so-called Doha Round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks, now in its seventh year, has ended without agreement due to deep divisions, particularly between the United States, India and China, over access to agricultural markets and aid to farmers in developing countries

WTO criticises the European Union, the United States and Canada in beef row

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Global
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  • April 4 2008

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has found that the European Union, the United States and Canada all failed to respect WTO rules in the row over beef treated with growth hormones

EU, US and Mexico request WTO panel on Chinese export restriction on raw materials

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • China, Global
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  • November 13 2009

In June 2008, the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) announced the beginning of World Trade Organisation (WTO) consultations with China regarding certain export restrictions, such as quotas and export duties, imposed by China on key raw materials, i.e. various forms of bauxite, coke, fluorspar, magnesium, manganese, silicon carbide, silicon metal, yellow phosphorous and zinc

The future of international trade cooperation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Global, USA
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  • April 9 2009

The entire world seems euphoric at the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States and many hope that he will facilitate renewed global collaboration and end recent trends towards U.S. isolationism

Trade and economic sanctions: constantly shifting goal posts

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Global, USA
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  • April 5 2012

Long used by governments to punish rogue countries, regimes, entities and individuals, trade and economic sanctions impact an ever-widening range of goods, technology and services

Peregrine Semiconductor files new complaint

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Global
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  • February 16 2012

On February 15, 2012, Peregrine Semiconductor filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission seeking an investigation into the importation of certain radio frequency integrated circuits and products containing same

International trade actions complicate global market for renewable energy businesses, particularly in the solar sector

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • China, European Union, Global, USA
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  • December 3 2012

As a result of several recent actions, developers of solar energy projects may face increased costs