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Brussels with De Gucht was "constructive and theexchanges were useful."However, the EC was less than effusive, and it seemsto have become more likely, rather than less, thatprovisional ADs will be imposed on Chinese solarexports to the EU.A statement by the EU Trade Spokesman John Clancyafter the meeting emphasized that "De Gucht expressedclearly that he was ready to negotiate a solutionon the solar panels case," but that it was alsoindicated that De Gucht intends to "examine thepossibility of a negotiated settlement in partnershipwith the United States should this become necessary."De Gucht has "made it very clear to the Vice-Ministerthat he was aware of the pressure being exertedby China on a number of EU member states, [butthat it] is the EC which has the role of deciding onprovisional tariffs." At a hearing with the EuropeanParliament's trade committee, he is reported tohave added that China "can try to put pressure onmember states, but they will waste their time tryingto do so with me."Chinese Trade DisputesThe Focus Of WTO MeetingAmong decisions taken during the meeting of theWorld Trade Organization's Dispute SettlementBody (DSB) on May 24, 2013, a panel was approvedto examine Japanese claims of illegitimate Chineseanti-dumping duties being levied on High PerformanceStainless Steel Seamless Tubes from Japan.The panel will investigate Japanese claims set out ina request for consultations by Japan on December20, 2013. The dumping duties were introduced byway of Notices No 21 and 72, issued by the ChineseMinistry of Commerce (MOFCOM) during2012. The European Union, India, Korea, Russiaand the United States reserved their third-partyrights to participate in the panel's proceedings.Other matters progressed during the DSB's meetingincluded a confirmation from China that itwill implement the DSB's recommendations andrulings in the dispute "China - Definitive Anti-Dumping Duties on X-Ray Security InspectionEquipment from the European Union" in a mannerthat respects its WTO obligations.Clancy's statement concluded that the EC "willlook at any proposal to be made after the impositionof provisional measures, if any. In this respect,the ball is very much in China's court. The finaldecision on possible provisional measures in thiscase must be taken by June 5, according to the legalprocess. The full investigation continues and willconclude in early December 2013."In February 2013, a World Trade Organizationpanel ruled against China in respect of anti-dumpingduties, of 71.8 percent, on imports of certainsecurity inspection equipment (x-ray scanners)from the European Union. The panel in particularfound that China's investigation into "dumping,"where a product is sold to a foreign market at belowthe market price, was not objective, and flawed56