Industrial Minerals


EU, US, Japan push for swift WTO action on China rare earth

27 June 2012


Trio push for earlier meeting in order to create a panel to oversee complaint

Keywords: WTO, China, Japan, rare earths, US

By Keith Nuthall

 

The US, European Union (EU) and Japan are using emergency procedural tactics to bring forward a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes procedure aimed at stopping restrictions on the export of China’s rare earths.

 

These three key WTO members claim China is breaking WTO global trade laws...