USA TO SECURE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION DISPUTES PANEL OVER CHINA BOOK IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
October 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PUBLISHERS Association has welcomed the formal request by the United States government for a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel charged with ruling on whether Chinese restrictions on the import of books and other copyrighted products breaks global commerce rules. Washington's move follows fruitless talks staged with Beijing since April, which have "unfortunately not led to a resolution of our concerns, and so we are...asking the WTO to establish a panel," said US Trade Representative (USTR) bureau spokesman Sean Spicer. ...
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