Hong Kong: Written Submission to WTO Panel on U.S. Origin Marking Requirement

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   HK2021-0034

Following the Hong Kong government's filing a complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States' new requirement to mark Hong Kong-originated products as "made in China" and the WTO's subsequent establishing a dispute resolution panel, the Hong Kong government filed its first written submission to the WTO on May 28, 2021.

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