China – Measures Affecting Imports of Automobile Parts

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China – Measures Affecting Imports of Automobile Parts is a landmark WTO dispute case concerning the consistency of China’s tariff and regulatory treatment of imported auto parts with its obligations under global trade rules.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf WTO case
WTO dispute
trade dispute
allegedInconsistencyWith Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
surface form: Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

Agreement on Trade‑Related Investment Measures
surface form: Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures

China’s Protocol of Accession to the WTO
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
surface form: GATT 1994

WTO rules
appealBody WTO Appellate Body
appealedBy China
appellateBodyReportAdopted 2009
characterizedAs landmark WTO dispute
complainant Canada
European Economic Community
surface form: European Communities

United States of America
surface form: United States
disputeType market access
tariff classification
finding certain Chinese measures were found inconsistent with WTO obligations
forum World Trade Organization
geographicalScope China
surface form: People’s Republic of China
impact clarified WTO rules on local content–type measures in the auto sector
influenced China’s regulation of imported auto parts
issue application of higher tariffs when imported parts were used in quantities above specified thresholds
treatment of certain imported parts as complete vehicles for customs purposes
legalInstrumentChallenged Chinese regulations on imported auto parts
officialWTODisputeNumber DS339
DS340
DS342
panelEstablished 2006
panelReportCirculated 2008
proceduralStage Appellate Body proceedings
panel proceedings
relatedConcept bound tariff rates
local content requirement
national treatment
trade in goods
relatedToProduct automobile parts
motor vehicles
relatedToSector automotive industry
respondent China
subjectMatter local content requirements in the auto sector
regulatory treatment of imported automobile parts
tariff treatment of imported automobile parts
WTOAgreementInvoked China Accession Protocol
GATT 1994 Article II
Article III of GATT 1994
surface form: GATT 1994 Article III

SCM Agreement
TRIMs accord
surface form: TRIMs Agreement

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