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    On March 26, 2024, China requested consultations with the United States with respect to certain subsidies that the United States allegedly provides under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that are contingent upon the use of domestic over imported goods or that otherwise discriminate against goods of Chinese origin.

    On May 17, 2023, Argentina requested consultations with the United States with respect to (i) the definitive anti-dumping measure imposed on oil country tubular goods(OCTG) from Argentina, and (ii) certain provisions of the United States' legislation regarding cross-cumulation of imports in assessing injury caused by imports in anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations.

    Argentina claimed that the definitive anti-dumping measure on OCTG from Argentina appears to be inconsistent with:

    On January 24, 2023, Indonesia requested consultations with the European Union with respect to countervailing and anti-dumping measures imposed by the European Union on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products from Indonesia.

    Indonesia claimed that the countervailing measures at issue appear to be inconsistent with:

    • Articles 1.1, 1.1(a)(1), 1.1(a)(1)(ii),footnote 1, 1.1(a)(1)(iv), 1.1(b), 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1(a), 10, 12, 12.1, 12.7, 12.8, 14, 19, 19.3, 22.3 and 32.1 of the SCM Agreement;

    • Article 9.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement;

    On January 27, 2022, the European Union requested consultations with China with regard to measures allegedly imposed by or attributable to China on the importation of goods from, and exportation of goods to, the European Union and on trade in services between the European Union and China.

    The European Union claimed that the measure or series of measures at issue appear to be inconsistent with:

    • Articles I:1, V:6, X:3(a), XI:1, and XVII of the GATT 1994;

    On February 18, 2022, the European Union requested consultations with China with regard to measures that allegedly adversely affect the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.

    The European Union claimed that the measures at issue appear to be inconsistent with:

    •    Articles 1.1, 28.1, 28.2, 41.1, and 44.1 of the TRIPS Agreement; and

    •    Section 2(A)(2) of China's Accession Protocol.

    The European Union also claimed that:

    On June 24, 2021, China requested consultations with Australia with respect to anti-dumping and countervailing measures imposed by Australia on imports of certain products originating in China, inter alia, wind towers, deep drawn stainless steel sinks and railway wheels.

    China claimed that the anti-dumping measures on wind towers, deep drawn stainless steel sinks and railway wheels appear to be inconsistent with:

    • Articles 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1.1, 2.2.2, 2.4 and 9.3 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement; and

    • Articles VI:1 and VI:2 of the GATT 1994.

    On June 11, 2021, Japan requested consultations with China with respect to measures imposing anti-dumping duties on stainless steel billets, hot-rolled coils, and hot-rolled plates from Japan.

    Japan claimed that these measures appear to be inconsistent with:

    • Articles 1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 6.5, 6.5.1, 6.9, 12.2, and 12.2.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement; and

    • Article VI of the GATT 1994.

    On August 19, 2021, Japan requested the establishment of a panel. At its meeting on August 30, 2021, the DSB deferred the establishment of a panel.

    On January 15, 2021, Malaysia requested consultations with the European Union (EU), France and Lithuania with respect to certain measures imposed by the EU and EU Member States concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels from Malaysia.

    Malaysia claimed that certain measures imposed by the EU (the EU renewable energy target, the criteria for determining the high ILUC-risk feedstock, and the sustainability and GHG emission savings criteria) appear to be inconsistent with:

    On November 22, 2019, the European Union requested consultations with Indonesia regarding various measures concerning certain raw materials necessary for the production of stainless steel, as well as a cross-sectoral import duty exemption scheme conditional upon the use of domestic over imported goods.

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