WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative today released its 2024 Report to Congress on China’s WTO Compliance, which details the Biden-Harris Administration’s assessment of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) membership in the World Trade Organization.
“China continues to represent the biggest challenge to the international trading system. After 23 years of membership in the World Trade Organization, China still embraces a state-directed, non-market approach to the economy and trade, which runs counter to the norms and principles embodied in the WTO,” said Ambassador Katherine Tai. “This report details the breadth and scale of the constantly evolving non-market policies and practices that China deploys in pursuit of its anticompetitive objectives as well as the serious harm that those non-market policies and practices cause to workers, businesses, and industries in the United States and around the world. It is imperative that the members of the international trading community continue to work together to defend our shared interests against these many harmful policies and practices.”
Over the last four years, the Biden-Harris Administration has pursued a multi-faceted strategy to address the current realities in the U.S.-China trade relationship and the many challenges that the PRC poses for the United States and other trading partners, both now and in the future. Under President Biden’s leadership, the United States has invested at home in the industries of today and tomorrow. The Administration has also taken actions to address the PRC’s industrial targeting, non-market excess capacity and other non-market policies and practices across key economic sectors. At the same time, President Biden has built a coalition of allies and partners to address these unique challenges posed by the PRC. The United States has also pursued direct engagement with the PRC, where appropriate.
The 2024 Report to Congress on China’s WTO Compliance is the 22nd report prepared pursuant to section 421 of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-286), 22 U.S.C. § 6951 (the Act), which requires the United States Trade Representative to report annually to Congress on compliance by the People’s Republic of China with commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade Organization, including both multilateral commitments and any bilateral commitments made to the United States. The report covers calendar year 2024. It also incorporates the findings of the Overseas Compliance Program, as required by section 413(b)(2) of the Act, 22 U.S.C. § 6943(b)(2).
The full report can be found here.
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