Strasbourg, 16/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 15 December, the WTO rejected an appeal by China (the first since it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001) against a ruling on its import tariffs of car parts. Canada, the US and EU regarded these as discriminatory and had therefore lodged a complaint at the end of 2006 (DS 339, 340 and 342).
In its final report published on Monday, the WTO's appeals panel found in favour of the plaintiffs and called on China to comply with...