Trade Cases
October 29, 2016
WTO Disappointed in Members Ignoring Requests to Report Their Subsidies
Written by Sandy Williams
The World Trade Organization requires members to inform the organization of any domestic subsidy programs they are providing to industries. The WTO said compliance with the obligation to notify “remains discouraging low.”
“As of today, a total of 89 members have not yet made their 2015 new and full subsidy notification, for which the deadline was 30 June 2015,” said Jin-dong Kim, the chair of the WTO’s Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Committee. “And 63 members still have not made their 2013 new and full subsidy notification, although the deadline was more than three years ago.”
