While much attention in a meeting of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) Monday focused on the stalled appeals process as the U.S. continues to block appointment of new judges to hear appeals to WTO rulings, China offered a status report on their efforts to comply with a WTO ruling against their use of subsidies for domestic wheat, corn and rice producers.
“Chinese government agencies [have] conducted intensive consultations aiming to implement the recommendations and rulings of the DSB in this dispute,” China said. Internal processes “with respect to amending relevant measures” are ongoing, officials told the WTO, noting the “complexity of measures at issue.”
China said it would “accelerate the internal process and fulfil our implementation obligation in due course.” China is facing a March 31 deadline to bring its domestic ag supports for wheat, corn and rice into compliance with the ruling in the case brought by the U.S.
The U.S. said it would “engage bilaterally with China on specific amendments it will make to bring its measures into compliance.”
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