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China – Domestic Support for Agricultural Producers (China–Agricultural Producers), DS511

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2019

Marcus Sohlberg  and
Ariane Yvon
Marcus Sohlberg
Affiliation:
Lawyers at White & Case LLP, Geneva, Switzerland, but written in their personal capacities
Ariane Yvon
Affiliation:
Lawyers at White & Case LLP, Geneva, Switzerland, but written in their personal capacities
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Extract

The dispute concerns certain market price support measures by China to domestic agricultural producers of wheat, Indica rice, Japonica rice, and corn, which the United States (US) claimed were inconsistent with China's obligations under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. Specifically, the US considered that China utilized market price measures in the period 2012–2015 to support farmer incomes and increase production of the said agricultural products, but that this support was in excess of China's WTO commitments. At the outset, the Panel found that the support measures for Chinese corn producers had expired, and that there were no factors weighing in favor of making findings on this expired measure. So, no findings were made with respect to this claim.

Type
Case Summaries
Information
World Trade Review , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 2019 , pp. 531 - 532
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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Footnotes

Case Summaries: WTO Disputes

The following summaries provide a brief factual background and describe the key findings of recent WTO panel and Appellate Body reports.

References

1 Panel Report, China–Agricultural Producers, para. 7.92.

2 Ibid. para. 7.128.

3 Ibid. paras. 7.412–7.414, 8.1.