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BREAKING: WTO members met as the Dispute Settlement Body today (yes it still functions)

1. They adopted a first-stage panel ruling in Indonesia's complaint (dispute DS529) against Australian anti-dumping duties on A4 copy paper. Neither side appealed.

wto.org/english/tratop… Screenshot of the opening paragraphs of the linked page on this dispute
2. The US continued to block a call from 120 WTO members to start selecting appeals judges to fill vacancies.

Several delegations noted the statement by ministers from 45 members announcing they would use WTO arbitration while appeals are not possible.

tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2019/08/21/bot… Screenshot of the first six paragraphs in the linked page, under the heading
3. China said it would reform its market price support for wheat and rice in order to comply with a panel ruling that said the support exceeded China’s entitlement (DS511). China did not appeal.

The deadline to comply is March 31

wto.org/english/tratop… / end
P.S. The full agenda of the meeting is here: wto.org/english/news_e…

The WTO normally puts a news story on the meeting on its website within a few days
And indeed, here is the comprehensive WTO news story on yesterday's Dispute Settlement Body meeting.

Includes more details on China's implementation report on its market price support for wheat and rice, and the US response.

wto.org/english/news_e…
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