CHINA DELAYS ESTABLISHMENT OF WTO RARE EARTH DISPUTE PANEL
July 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHINESE government used diplomatic manoeuvres today to postpone the establishment of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel on claims its restrictions on rare earth, tungsten and molybdenum exports break global trade laws. It opposed its creation at a special meeting of the WTO's disputes settlement body.
However, the move had been anticipated by the USA, the European Union (EU) and Japan, which had proposed the panel and arranged for the special meeting to be held: a scheduled meeting will be held on July 23, when the trio is ...
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