WTO Faces Significant Challenges Ahead of December Ministerial
Ambassador Punke: For us, it is clear that what WTO Members are doing today in the Doha negotiations – indeed, what we have been doing for at least the past three years – is not working. That is not a value statement, but a simple assessment of the facts. After ten years, we are deadlocked.
Read moreStatement by the United States at the September 2, 2011 DSB Meeting
Statement by the United States at the July 28, 2011, DSB Meeting
European Communities – Definitive anti-dumping measures on certain iron or steel fasteners from China.
Read moreStatements by the United States at the July 20, 2011 DSB Meeting
Surveillance of Implementation of recommendations adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB)
Read moreStatements by the United States at the July 15, 2011 DSB Meeting
1. THAILAND – CUSTOMS AND FISCAL MEASURES ON CIGARETTES FROM THE PHILIPPINES A. REPORT OF THE APPELLATE BODY (WT/DS371/AB/R) AND REPORT OF THE PANEL (WT/DS371/R) • The United States followed this dispute as a third party, in particular the issues raised with respect to the interpretation and application of Article X:3(b) of the GATT 1994 [...]
Read moreAmbassador Punke: Statement at the Trade Policy Review of the European Union
Because the EU plays such an important role both in international commerce and in the setting of global trade policy, we have an obligation to conduct a thorough and constructive review of its trade
policies.
WTO TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF NIGERIA
The United States appreciates Nigeria’s active participation in the Doha Round. We encourage Nigeria’s active participation in the difficult task facing Members in assessing next steps in the Round, and in trying to determine what is achievable in the coming months.
Read moreStatements by the United States at the June 17, 2011 DSB Meeting
Statement by the United States at the June 1, 2011 DSB Meeting
The Panel and Appellate Body have vindicated the position of the United States by speaking clearly on this point: every single grant of launch aid to Airbus over four decades conferred a subsidy that caused adverse effects to the United States.
Read moreAmbassador Punke: Statement at the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee
Discussions have established a new and necessary realism and honesty about the difficulties facing our negotiation and motivated us to begin a serious examination of practical, achievable steps that might lead us in a more hopeful direction. The United States is deeply committed to a forthright and constructive engagement with all Members as we collectively decide how to maneuver this new juncture.
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