On December 15, 2016, the United States requested consultations with China regarding China's administration of its tariff rate quotas, including those for wheat, corn, and short-, medium- and long-grain rice.
On December 22, 2016, Australia and the EU requested to join the consultations. On December 29, 2016, Canada and Thailand requested to join the consultations.
Consultations were held on February 9, 2017.
On August 18, 2017, the United States requested the establishment of a panel. At its meeting on August 31, 2017, the DSB deferred the establishment of a panel. At its meeting on September 22, 2017, the DSB established a panel. Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, the EU, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Ukraine, and Viet Nam reserved their third-party rights.
On February 1, 2018, the United States requested the Director-General to compose the panel. On February 12, 2018, the Director-General composed the panel.
On April 3, 2018, the United States filed its first written submission. The United States claims that China's measures are inconsistent with:
• Articles X:3(a), XI:1, and XIII:3(b) of the GATT 1994; and
• Paragraph 1.2 of Part I of China's Protocol of Accession.
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 11/23/2018 | U.S. Integrated Executive Summary |
| 11/16/2018 | U.S. Comments on China’s Answers to Panel Questions Following the Second Panel Meeting |
| 11/02/2018 | U.S. Answers to Panel Questions Following the Second Panel Meeting |
| 10/16/2018 | U.S. Closing Statement at the Second Panel Meeting |
| 10/16/2018 | U.S. Opening Statement at the Second Panel Meeting |
| 08/24/2018 | U.S. Second Written Submission |
| 08/03/2018 | U.S. Answers to Panel Questions Following the First Panel Meeting |
| 07/13/2018 | U.S. Questions to China Following the First Panel Meeting |
| 07/10/2018 | |
| 07/09/2018 | U.S. Opening Statement at the First Panel Meeting |
| 04/03/2018 | U.S. First Written Submission |
