Dispute settlement reports 2019. Volume VI, Pages 3295-3650 / World Trade Organization.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

World Trade Organization, copyright holder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation--Cases.

Foreign trade regulation.

Tariff--Law and legislation--Cases.

Tariff.

Competition, Unfair--Cases.

Competition, Unfair.

Dispute resolution (Law)--Cases.

Dispute resolution (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages 3295-3650) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

These are the WTO's authorized and paginated reports in English. They are an essential addition to the library of all practising trade lawyers and a useful tool for students and academics worldwide working in the field of international economic or trade law. DSR 2019: Volume VI contains the panel report on 'China - Domestic Support for Agricultural Producers' (WT/DS511).

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Half-title

Copyright information

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHINA - DOMESTIC SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS

Report of the Panel

LIST OF ANNEXES

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT

CASES CITED IN THIS REPORT

LIST OF EXHIBITS FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO IN THIS REPORT

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Complaint by the United States

1.2 Panel Establishment and Composition

1.3 Panel Proceedings

1.3.1 General

1.3.2 United States' request for partially open meetings

1.3.3 Terms of reference

2. FACTUAL ASPECTS

2.1 Measures at Issue

3. PARTIES' REQUESTS FOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4. ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES

5. ARGUMENTS OF THE THIRD PARTIES

6. INTERIM REVIEW

7. FINDINGS

7.1 United States' Request for Partially Open Panel Meetings with the Parties

7.1.1 Procedural background

7.1.2 Introduction

7.1.3 Panel's analysis

7.1.3.1 Introduction

7.1.3.2 Article 18.2 of the DSU

7.1.3.3 Prior disputes addressing open or partially open hearings

7.1.3.4 Concluding considerations

7.2 The Measures Challenged in this Dispute and China's Claim Relating to the Expiry of One of the Measures

7.2.1 The measures challenged by the United States

7.2.2 China's terms of reference claim raised with regard to the corn measure

7.2.2.1 Whether the corn measure has expired

7.2.2.2 Whether the Panel should make findings on the otherwise expired corn measure

7.2.3 Main characteristics of the wheat and rice measures

7.2.3.1 General framework

7.2.3.2 Market price support programmes for wheat and rice

7.2.3.3 Entities involved

7.2.3.4 Geographical scope

7.2.3.5 Temporal scope

7.2.3.6 Quality requirements

7.3 Claims Brought by the United States and Panel's Order of Analysis.

7.4 Claims Under Articles 6.3 and 3.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture

7.4.1 Introduction

7.4.2 Domestic support obligations as set out in Articles 3.2 and 6.3 of the Agreement on Agriculture

7.4.3 Calculation of AMS and Current Total AMS under the Agreement on Agriculture

7.4.4 Preliminary considerations in relation to China's domestic support commitments

7.4.4.1 Tables of supporting material and Member specific domestic support-related commitments

7.4.5 Issues relating to the definition and calculation of the variables of the MPS formula

7.4.5.1 Applied Administered Price

7.4.5.2 Fixed external reference price

7.4.5.3 Quantity of production eligible to receive the AAP

7.4.5.4 Processing-level adjustment

7.4.6 Calculation of China's Current Total AMS

7.4.7 MPS Calculations

7.4.7.1 Wheat

7.4.7.2 Rice

7.4.8 Conclusion on the calculation of China's Current Total AMS

7.5 Claim Under Article 7.2(b) of the Agreement on Agriculture

8. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

ANNEX A

ANNEX B

ANNEX B-1 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

ANNEX B-2 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF CHINA

ANNEX C

ANNEX C-1 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF AUSTRALIA

ANNEX C-2 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF BRAZIL

ANNEX C-3 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF CANADA

ANNEX C-4 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF COLOMBIA

ANNEX C-5 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF ECUADOR

ANNEX C-6 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

ANNEX C-7 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF INDIA

ANNEX C-8 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF INDONESIA

ANNEX C-9 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF JAPAN.

ANNEX C-10 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF KAZAKHSTAN

ANNEX C-11 INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

ANNEX D

Cumulative List of Published Disputes.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-009-00284-8

1-108-99586-1

OCLC:

1293249817