The World Trade Organization agreed Monday to establish a dispute resolution panel on the new US rule that all goods imported from Hong Kong must be stamped "Made in China". The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body accepted a second request from Hong Kong to establish a panel "to rule on US origin-marking requirements for goods", a Geneva trade official said. Hong Kong made a first request for arbitration at the Geneva-based global trade body on January 25, but the move was blocked by the United States. A month later, US customs announced that goods imported from Hong Kong would have to be stamped "Made in China" rather than "Made in Hong Kong". “The situation with respect to Hong Kong, China, constitutes a threat to the national security of the United States,” the US delegation said.

Source: The Standard February 23, 2021 05:03 UTC