Ministry of Commerce responds to EU appeal arbitration for China-Europe WTO dispute case

Source: Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua Finance, Beijing, April 23. In response to the EU's appeal and arbitration for the case of China-EU-related WTO disputes, the head of the Treaty and Legal Department of the Ministry of Commerce said on the 23rd that China has always attached great importance to intellectual property protection and the achievements made are obvious to all. China is pleased to see that the WTO expert group supports China's propositions. China has received an appeal request from the European side and will handle it in accordance with relevant MPIA rules to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.

A reporter asked: We noticed that on April 22, Geneva time, the EU filed a request for appeal arbitration under the "Multi-party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement" (MPIA) for the ruling of the World Trade Dispute Case (DS611) for its ban on the Standard Essential Patents for China. What is China’s comment on this? The head of the Treaty and Law Department of the Ministry of Commerce made the above response.

The person in charge also pointed out that as a member of the WTO, MPIA, maintaining the mechanism arrangements for the operation of the dispute settlement mechanism, is conducive to maintaining the stability and predictability of the multilateral trading system. China will work with other MPIA participants to jointly promote the effective implementation of MPIA and firmly safeguard the rules-based multilateral trading system.


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