Market Access

Senators probe Commerce nominee about Chinese market access, steel, IP rights

(Daily News)
August 03, 2017

President Trump’s pick for under secretary of Commerce for international trade on Thursday endorsed a multipronged and aggressive approach to trade concerns like steel overcapacity, “reciprocal” market access in China and stronger intellectual property rights enforcement -- possibly through the use of a Section 301 investigation that could come as soon as this week.

New Domestic Support Proposals At WTO Do Not Address U.S.-China Deadlock

(Daily News)
July 22, 2016

Various members of the World Trade Organization have put forward a series of proposals aimed at cutting domestic support, but these proposals do not appear to address the overarching problems plaguing the negotiations, namely that the United States and China cannot agree on what cuts the other should make to its domestic support programs.

WTO Goods Council Selects Chairs For 12 Committees

(File Document)
May 12, 2016

Chair Of WTO NAMA Negotiating Group Warns Some Members Fear 'WTO Going Drifting'

(Text Document)
May 10, 2016

U.S., EU Call For Plurilateral Approach In WTO NAMA Talks; Others Skeptical

(Daily News)
April 22, 2016

The United States and European Union last week said they favor taking a plurilateral approach to negotiations on industrial goods at the World Trade Organization that would entail seeking plurilateral deals to eliminate tariffs on specific sectors such as chemicals, according to informed sources.

Doha’s Outlook: The ‘Ambition Level’ Seems ‘Clearly Reduced’

(In Trade)
April 15, 2016

At the World Trade Organization, this week’s words describing the outlook for Doha Round progress are clearly tempered, the latest examples coming both from a high-level perspective and when drilled down to the specific issue of non-agricultural market access (NAMA).

WTO Issues Report Outlining Status Of Members' Revised Market Access Schedules

(File Document)
April 11, 2016

NAMA Ambitions Continue To Diminish As WTO Members Remain Split On Post-Nairobi Path

(Text Document)
April 11, 2016

WTO Publishes Updates To The Harmonized System, Effective Jan. 1, 2017

(File Document)
April 06, 2016

U.S., EU, Japan Say Indian Duties On Telecom Equipment Appear To Violate ITA Commitments

(File Document)
April 04, 2016

ITA Participants Approve Korea's Schedule Reflecting Expanded ITA Tariff Cuts

(File Document)
April 01, 2016

Froman Warns Of WTO Irrelevance If It Does Not Move On From Doha Round

(Daily News)
December 13, 2015

NAIROBI, Kenya -- U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on Monday (Dec. 14) warned that the World Trade Organization may slip into irrelevance as a negotiating forum unless members use the conference in Kenya this week to free themselves from the "strictures" of the Doha round and embrace a more "pragmatic" approach to both new and old trade policy issues.

Froman Warns Of WTO Irrelevance If It Does Not Leave Doha Round Behind

(Daily News)
December 13, 2015

At WTO, EU Submits Questions To U.S. Regarding Sturgeon Trade, CITES, Other U.S. Wildlife Obligations

(File Document)
November 23, 2015

Non-Paper From Argentina Proposes Requests-Offers Approach To Help Spark Progress In Doha Round Talks

(File Document)
February 17, 2015

EU Ambassador To WTO Says Ambitious Doha Agriculture Outcomes Will Require Equivalent Effort On NAMA

(Text Document)
January 21, 2015

WTO Circulates 2014 Reports On Developments Regarding Import Licensing, Customs Valuation, Other Issues

(File Document)
November 10, 2014

U.S., EU Notify WTO Of Quantitative Market Access Restrictions From 2012-2014

(File Document)
October 09, 2014