BOFIT Viikkokatsaus / BOFIT Weekly Review 2015/02
Other trade policy issues have also been in the news recently. A WTO panel in December found in China’s favour on its complaint that US duties on Chinese-made solar panels violated WTO rules. The US commerce department recently conceded that the alleged price dumping of Chinese manufacturers was not as widespread as earlier believed and says it is ready to cut anti-dumping duties on solar panels.
Talks on expanding the WTO-enforced Information Technology Agreement (ITA) have been delayed on issues such as a dispute between South Korea and China on duties for flat panel displays. Since the US and China broke their ITA deadlock in bilateral talks in November, the expanded ITA has been considered much more likely.