U.S. Filing WTO Cases Against China Tuesday
U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab announced today that the U.S.will make two requests tomorrow for WTO dispute settlement consultations with China over deficiencies in China’s legal regime for protecting and enforcing copyrights and trademarks on a variety of products, and over China’s barriers to trade in books, music, videos and movies. Click here for the USTR's press release announcing this action. The WTO filings trigger a 60-day consultation period during which trade negotiators will try to resolve the countries' disputes. If they fail, a WTO hearing panel will decided the disputes. If the U.S. wins , it will be permitted to impose economic sanctions on Chinese products.
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