USTR Seeking Input for WTO Case Against China on Autos and Auto Parts

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking public input on its request for World Trade Organization consultations with China on China's alleged subsidies for automobile and automobile-parts enterprises in China, it said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for Oct. 17. (See ITT's Online Archives 12091714). The U.S. said the subsidies are inconsistent with the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and that China has failed to comply with its transparency obligations under the WTO Agreement.