Both China and WTO members will need to show more flexibility in future.
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And China's WTO entry is unlikely to reduce the number of regulations.
It started its WTO practice soon after China joined the WTO in 2001 and is currently working on the "steel pipes" case against the U.S., in the first WTO dispute launched by China to reach the expert panel stage.
The year before China joined the WTO, the United States and China each produced about 100 million tons of crude steel.
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And even when China has more highly trained WTO lawyers, they still need the experience of winning and losing WTO cases, which are small in number each year.
As part of its WTO accession agreement in 2001, China agreed to allow the United States and other WTO members to treat it differently indeed, discriminatorily on several matters for a number of years after it joined the WTO.
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The phase out is written into the WTO rules and China and India would not agree to a delay.
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It took a decadelong boom in cinema construction China is adding thousands of screens a year, and exhibitors need content and a WTO ruling in 2009 that went against China to crack open the door.
It has also joined forces with America and Japan to take China to the WTO over restrictions on exports of rare-earth minerals.
To the extent that unions and domestic industries want to continue to use the CVD law against imports from China and not violate U.S. WTO obligations, granting China a market economy designation solves the impasse.
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He argues that China's inclusion in the WTO, and hence permanent normal trade relations with the U.S., is good for both sides because trade disputes can be resolved through an impartial dispute settlement mechanism.
Still, it is important for China to have a stronger cadre of Chinese WTO lawyers and law firms.
As part of its WTO agreement, China now circulates draft laws and regulations for 30 days to collect comments.
If you need more evidence that the antidumping status quo is weighted heavily against import-consuming U.S. industries, consider this gem: three of the nine mineral raw materials that are the subject of the U.S. case against China in the WTO (magnesium, silicon metal, and coke) are simultaneously subject to U.S antidumping restrictions.
In its WTO accession agreement, China also committed to simplify and streamline the approval process for wireless communications equipment into a single process but has not yet done so.
China will continue to export, and will manage rare earths based on WTO rules.
This is probably illegal under WTO rules and could start a trade war with China and India.
The country has come under intense international pressure in recent years, with the US, EU and Mexico filing complaints with the WTO, arguing that China's price-inflating restrictions violate international trade agreements.
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It's also illegal under WTO guidelines, he adds, and would likely cause retaliation by China within the international trade group.
The president meets Tuesday evening with Hong Kong Democratic leader Martin Lee -- a proponent of China's entrance into the World Trade Organization (WTO) -- and separately with a group of Democratic lawmakers who are either undecided or considered soft proponents or opponents of the legislation.
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If they faithfully implement the WTO agreement, and respect trade rulings that may go against them, China runs the risk of even greater social upheaval.
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Since then, and especially since the surge that followed its accession to the WTO in 2001, China's economic clout has grown as fast or faster in its own region as anywhere.
U.S. officials see a China motivated by a desire for a smooth leadership transition and more global interaction and prestige tied to its WTO entry and the coming 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
The latest salvo was fired on June 23rd by America and the European Union, which complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about China's restrictions on the exports of nine minerals, including bauxite, coke, magnesium and manganese.
I'm the director of Cato's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, focusing on WTO disputes, regional trade agreements, U.S.-China trade issues, steel and textile trade policies, and antidumping reform.
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But like a guilt-ridden suspect drawing attention to incriminating material, the administration insists on adding national security to the debate: A vengeful, menacing China would work to circumscribe U.S. options and harm U.S. interests if rejected on WTO, Berger argues.
This strategic momentum has carried into 2012, as the recent WTO agreement with China, highlighting IMAX, should enhance programming flexibility in our biggest international market, and we have also made early progress toward igniting network growth in Latin America and Europe.
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With WTO membership, China will make significant cuts in its tariffs, thus opening its markets to the products and investment of America and other countries.
In April, Zhu - and China - was humiliated while on a U.S. trip by his hosts' refusal to accept a WTO package he came with.
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