COMPLIANCE

US to Appeal WTO Ruling  on Country of Origin 

On January 27, the U.S. submitted a notification of appeal challenging the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel’s decision that the U.S. violated the WTO’s General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) by requiring goods made in Hong Kong to be marked as made in China. The WTO Appellate Body remains unable to hear cases, leaving the appeal in legal limbo.

UK Court Rules Against GLAN

The UK’s High Court has ruled against human rights campaigners that brought forward a case claiming British crime and customs authorities had failed to stop the importation of cotton from China’s Xinjiang region, which has been at the center of allegations of forced labor.