China is the leading exporter of rare earths, elements which are crucial to the development of high-tech products and … new green technologies. In recent years, however, China has begun imposing export restraints on these elements in order to … importing countries. The EU, the US and Japan have launched a formal complaint in the WTO against China’s export restrictions …

On 13 March 2012, the United States requested consultations with China with respect to China’s restrictions on the …

Several recent studies have discussed the ramifications of the China-Raw Materials case for China's rare earths …. However, none of these studies has conducted a thorough investigation of China's current export quota regime for rare earths … assumption, investigating China's export quota regime for rare earths as it stands in early June 2012. The regime is somewhat …

eliminate export duties, characterizing china’s accession to the Marrakech system, with the multilateral public policy … aspects of the Chi-na- Rare earths controversy in the light of the recent China-Raw Materials case. In particular, we will … January by the Appellate body (Ab) on the applicability of GATT Article XX to China’s WTO Accession Protocol (AP). We are, in …