Global Trade Alert
Global Trade Alert

China: Immediate notification of proposed suspension of WTO concessions and imposition of duties on imports of 128 goods from the United States

Announcement

01 Apr 2018

In March 2018, China notified the World Trade Organization's Council for Trade in Goods of the decision to suspend concessions and other obligations referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 8 of the agreement on Safeguards following tariff increases by the United States on certain goods.

In April 2018, China imposed additional import duties on a number of goods in reaction to the US steel and aluminium duties.

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Number of interventions

2

1 certainly harmful

1 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

2 in force

Implementation date

02 Apr 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Import tariff In force

On the first of April, 2018, the Chinese Ministry of Financed published a directive stipulating increased tariffs on some US goods. 128 items were affected in total, including nuts, wines and steel pi...

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Implementation date

29 Mar 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Safeguard In force

On 29 March 2018, China submitted a notification under article 12.5 of the WTO Safeguard Agreement on the decision to suspend concessions and other obligations stipulated in said agreement. The propos...

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China: Announcement of retaliatory 25% tariffs on 106 US products

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25 Jun 2018

Turkiye: Imposition of duties on imports of goods from the United States

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Russia: Immediate notification of suspension of concessions towards the United States

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31 May 2018

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