On 23 June 2009, the United States requested consultations with China with respect to China's restraints on the export from China of various forms of raw materials. The United States cites 32 measures through which China allegedly imposes restraints on the exports in question and note that there...

Current WTO dispute, China – Measures Related to the Exportation of Various Raw Materials, brings about a series of queries on the consistencies of China’s export restrictions on minerals with WTO rules. This dispute may trigger much more similar trade frictions such as China’s...