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US International Trade Commission launching two investigations concerning WTO Information Technology Agreement

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2012

In response to a request from the US Trade Representative, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has launched two investigations in anticipation of negotiations on the potential expansion of the World Trade Organizations (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA

Russia prepares to join the WTO

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Russia, USA
  • -
  • July 23 2012

Following the parliamentary vote on the WTO Accession Protocol, on 21 July 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the ratification bill and submitted it to the WTO Secretariat

WTO Appellate Body brings coherence to trade rules on technical regulations

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Global, USA
  • -
  • July 9 2012

On June 29, 2012, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization circulated its decision in a dispute over US country-of-origin labeling requirements for beef and pork products

WTO Panel rules against China in anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations of grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • China, Global, USA
  • -
  • June 15 2012

On June 15, 2012, a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement Panel circulated its decision in the challenge brought by the United States regarding China Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties on Grain Oriented Flat- Rolled Electrical Steel (GOES) from the United States (WTDS414R

US Bilateral Investment Treaties: recent developments

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2012

A Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) is an agreement between two States meant to promote and protect private investment by nationals (companies or individuals) of one State in the territory of the other State (the “host” State

President Obama signs legislation applying anti-subsidy trade law to imports from non-market economies such as Vietnam and China

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 13 2012

On March 13, 2012, President Obama signed legislation that explicitly authorizes the United States to apply countervailing duties (CVD), defined as tariffs on imports that benefit from subsidies, to imports from non-market economy (NME) countries

Federal Circuit exempts non-market economy country exports from US countervailing duty law

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 22 2011

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected the US government’s use of countervailing duties against imports into the United States from so-called non-market economy (NME) countries

EU-US relations: Transatlantic Economic Council to meet on November 29, 2011

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • November 17 2011

On November 29, 2011 the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) will meet for the sixth time for the purpose of moving forward the political and economic transatlantic dialogue between the European Union and the United States

WTO Appellate Body upholds special safeguard measure imposed by the United States on certain Chinese tires

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • China, Global, USA
  • -
  • September 12 2011

On September 5, 2011, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) published its report on United States Measures Affecting Imports of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tyres from China (DS399

WTO Appellate Body issues ruling on US definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties on certain products from China

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • China, USA
  • -
  • March 21 2011

On March 11, 2011, the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a much-anticipated ruling in the case United StatesDefinitive Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties on Certain Products from China (DS379), which overturned a number of key findings made by a WTO panel in October 2010