Recent Dynamics in the Global CRITICAL Rare-Earths Market and ...
Recent Dynamics in the Global CRITICAL Rare-Earths Market and ...
Recent Dynamics in the Global CRITICAL Rare-Earths Market and ...
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The WTO rare-earth trade dispute<br />
• March 2012: USA, EU & Japan <strong>in</strong>itiate WTO action<br />
• Covers exports of wide range of rare-earth-conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g materials<br />
• June 2012: State Council publishes REE white paper<br />
• Sets out position on various topics without ty<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to WTO case<br />
• July 2012: Dispute resolution panel set up<br />
• Ch<strong>in</strong>a likely to cite two GATT Article XX exceptions:<br />
• “necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health”<br />
• “relat<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> conservation of exhaustible natural resources”<br />
• Ch<strong>in</strong>a recently lost a similar case<br />
The Politics of <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>Earths</strong><br />
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