Stéphanie Noël will participate in the panel discussion on « The Debate Over the Expiring WTO Protocol Provisions for Non-Market Economy Treatment for Products from China & Vietnam » at the ABA Fall event – Tokyo, 20 October 2016

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4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Yamato Minami

The Debate Over The Expiring WTO Accession Protocol Provisions for Non-Market Economy Treatment for Products of China and Vietnam December 11, 2016, and December 31, 2018, are the respective dates set by the almost identical provisions of China’s and Vietnam’s World Trade Organization Protocols of Accession for importing countries to cease generalized departures from home market costs and prices as the basis for normal value for Chinese and Vietnamese imports in the context of trade remedies proceedings, unless the terms of Note 2 Ad Article VI of the GATT 1994 are applicable to those countries. With those dates, particularly the date applicable to China, fast approaching, legal and policy debates as to the proper interpretation of the provisions are heating up in the United States and the Europe Union. Will market economy treatment apply to the products of these countries that have long been presumed to be non-market economies? What are the legal and political options and implications?

Committee Sponsor: International Trade Committee

Co-Sponsors: Asia/Pacific; China; Customs Law; Foreign Legal Consultant; U.S. Lawyers Abroad

Panel Chair: Brenda A. Jacobs, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC

Moderator: Brenda A. Jacobs, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC

Speakers: Stéphanie Noël, S. Noël Law Office, Geneva, Switzerland John R. Magnus, TRADEWINS LLC, Washington, DC Laurent Ruessmann, Fieldfisher, Brussels, Belgium Jin Xiao, King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing, China

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