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WTO Panel Issues Report Finding US Tariffs on Chinese Goods Not Justified Under General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

17 September 2020

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A WTO panel issued a report on 15 September 2020 regarding U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods that were introduced by the U.S. in 2018 following a Section 301 investigation by the USTR into China’s acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation. In the report, the WTO panel found the U.S. failed to demonstrate how the tariffs on selected imports from China contributes to the protection of public morals and, accordingly, did not meet its burden of demonstrating that the measures are provisionally justified under Article XX(a) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)...