Topic “World Trade Organisation” — Exporter Magazine

A dispute between China and the US, the EU and Japan over rare earth exports has simmered for some time, and the feud has escalated with the recent involvement of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to Xinhua News. New Zealand apple exports to Australia are set to fall far short of expectations, with some growers pulling out due to quarantine restrictions and prohibitive costs, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp. China must make its farm sector more transparent and fairer to foreign competition, the United States told the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) agriculture committee on Friday, as it reviewed China’s first decade in the world trade body, according to ChinaPost. The US has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation in Geneva over Chinese duties on US poultry that are up to 105.4% and have led to a dramatic fall in US poultry exports, according to the Shipping Gazette, citing a Bloomberg report.