DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

DS: United States — Universal and Country-specific Additional Duties on Imports from China

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Complaint by China

On 4 April 2025, China requested consultations with the United States with respect to measures that imposed universal and country-specific additional duties on imports from China. These additional duties were imposed in addition to any other duties or charges applicable to the imported products, including the United States' bound rates in its GATT 1994 Schedule of Concessions.

China claimed that the challenged measures appear to be inconsistent with:

  • Articles I:1, II:1(a), II:1(b), VII:1, VII:2(a), VII:2(b), VII:2(c), and X:3(a) of the GATT 1994;
     
  • Articles 1.1, 8, the relevant interpretative Notes in Annex I of the Customs Valuation Agreement, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of the General Introductory Commentary; and
     
  • Articles 3.1 and 3.2 of the SCM Agreement.

On 9 April 2025 and 11 April 2025, China requested additional consultations supplementing, but not replacing, its request for consultations of 4 April 2025. China indicated that it was requesting further consultations with respect to measures that further increased the additional duties on imported products from China.

On 14 April 2025, the United States requested the Chair of the DSB to circulate to Members a communication where it indicated that the United States accepted China's request of 4 April 2025 to enter into consultations, without prejudice to the US view that the actions cited by China were issues of national security not susceptible to review or capable of resolution by WTO dispute settlement, or whether each of the items in China's letters constituted a “measure” within the meaning of Article 4 of the DSU. On 17 April 2025, the United States made similar requests to the Chair of the DSB with respect to the additional consultations requested by China on 9 and 11 April 2025.

 

 

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