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6.2.1.2 Use of the Dispute Settlement Mechanism by China and the EU

As of March 31, 2013, there were 41 disputes to which China was a party under the
dispute settlement mechanism, among which 11 and 30 disputes involved com-
plaintsfiled by and against China respectively, showing that the disputes involving
complaintsfiled against China were three times those involving complaintsfiled by
China. There were 160 disputes to which the EU was a party, among which 87 and
7314 disputes involved complaints filed by and against the EU respectively,

Table 6.1 List of disputes to which China and the EU were parties under the WTO dispute
settlement mechanism

Complaining

party

Case

no.

Time Cause Progress Field

involved

Remarks

China 397 2009.7.31 Fastener

antidumping

The EU lost Trade in

goods

405 2010.2.4 Leather

shoes

antidumping

The EU lost Trade in

goods

452 2012.11.5 Photovoltaic

subsidies

Under

consultation

Trade in

goods

The EU 339 2006.3.30 Auto parts China lost Trade in

goods

In

conjunction

with the USA

and Canada

372 2008.3.3 Financial

information

services

Amicable

settlement

Intellectual

property for

trade in

services

In

conjunction

with the USA

and Canada

395 2009.6.23 Raw material

export

measures

China lost Trade in

goods

In

conjunction

with the USA

and Mexico

407 2010.5.7 Fastener

antidumping

Under

consultation

Trade in

goods

Actually

fruitless

425 2011.7.25 X-ray

security

inspection

system

antidumping

Report of

expert panel

has been

circulated

(February 26,

2013)

Trade in

goods

Expert panel

believed that

China did not

conform to

rules

432 2012.3.13 Rare earth

export

measures

Heard by

expert panel

Trade in

goods

In

conjunction

with the USA

and Canada

(^14) For relevant detailed data, seehttp://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_bycountry
e.htm.
124 L. Heng