Category: Trade Policy

With consultations exhausted, Washington moves to a dispute panel, citing measures it argues are inconsistent with GATT Article III national treatment obligations.

Canberra wants the general review to modernise commitments on data flows and source code, testing the agreement’s appetite for substantive updating.

A narrowly scoped exclusion window targets specific photovoltaic inputs, reflecting the tension between tariff pressure and clean-energy deployment goals.

As unappealable panel reports accumulate, more members are weighing accession to the interim arbitration arrangement to preserve binding review.