On May 10, 2019, Japan requested consultations with India regarding the tariff treatment that India allegedly accords to certain goods in the information and communications technology sector.
Japan claimed that the measures at issue appear to be inconsistent with Articles II:1(a) and II:1(b) of the GATT 1994.
On September 2, 2019, Chinese Taipei requested consultations with India regarding the tariff treatment that India accords to certain information and communications technology goods.
Chinese Taipei claimed that the measures appear to be inconsistent with Articles II:1(a) and II:1(b) of the GATT 1994. On September 13, 2019, Japan requested to join the consultations. On September 17, 2019, the United States requested to join the consultations.
On April 2, 2019, the European Union requested consultations with India concerning the tariff treatment that India accords to certain goods in the information and communications technology sector.
The European Union claimed that the measures appear to be inconsistent with Articles II:1(a) and II:1(b) of the GATT 1994.
On April 17, 2019, Singapore and Chinese Taipei, requested to join the consultations.
On April 18, 2019, Canada, Japan, Thailand and the United States requested to join the consultations. On April 19, 2019, China requested to join the consultations.
On January 24, 2018, the United Arab Emirates requested consultations with Pakistan concerning Pakistan's anti-dumping measures on imports of biaxially oriented polypropylene film from the United Arab Emirates.
The United Arab Emirates claimed that the measures appear to be inconsistent with:
• Articles 1, 2.1, 2.2.1.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 5.2, 5.3, 5.8, 5.10, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.5.1, 6.8, 6.9, 9, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 18.1 and Annex II of the Anti-Dumping Agreement;
• Articles VI:1 and VI:2 of the GATT 1994.
On September 13, 2016, the United States requested consultations with China regarding certain measures through which China appears to provide domestic support in favor of agricultural producers, in particular, to those producing wheat, Indica rice, Japonica rice, and corn.
On October 28, 2014, Pakistan requested consultations with respect to the imposition of provisional and definitive countervailing measures by the European Union on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate from Pakistan, and with respect to certain aspects of the investigation underlying these measures.
Pakistan claims that the measures are inconsistent with:
• Articles 1, 1.1(a)(1), 1.1(a)(2), 1.1(b), 3, 3.1(a), 10, 12.6, 12.8, 14, 14(b), 15.5, 19, 19.1, 19.3, 22.3, 22.4 and 32, and Annexes I, II, III and VI, of the SCM Agreement; and
Statement by Ambassador Michael Punke, U.S. Permanent Representative to the WTO, at the Trade Policy Review of Pakistan
March 24, 2015
Geneva, Switzerland
*For the Record*
March 16, 2015
Senior officials from the Governments of the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan met on March 12 in Islamabad under the auspices of the United States-Pakistan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). The officials reviewed progress under the bilateral Joint Action Plan, a plan created by President Obama and Prime Minister Sharif in 2013 to boost two-way trade and investment. Specifically, the two parties discussed trade promotion efforts, entrepreneurship, diversification of agriculture, intellectual property rights, initiatives to boost investm
May 14, 2014
Washington, DC –Ambassador Michael Froman and Pakistan’s Minister of Commerce Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan, met in Washington DC today to discuss a variety of trade and investment issues and to chart a path forward on improving bilateral trade and investment flows over the next five years. The United States – Pakistan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) is the primary mechanism for both Parties to discuss trade and investment issues and focus on ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship.
May 13, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Senior representatives of the governments of the United States and Pakistan met today as the U.S.-Pakistan Trade and Investment Council, established under the United States-Pakistan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). The United States and Pakistan announced agreement on a Joint Action Plan to expand bilateral trade and investment flows over the next five years and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on women’s economic empowerment.
