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China to Appeal WTO Ruling That US Safeguards on Solar Panels From China Are Legal

China will appeal a World Trade Organization panel ruling that U.S. safeguard measures on solar panels imposed by President Donald Trump in 2018 are legal under international trade law (see 2109020041), per a notice WTO circulated, at China's request, Sept.…

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20. “China regrets that currently no division of the Appellate Body can be established to hear this appeal,” the notice said. “In this exceptional circumstance, and in the interests of fairness and orderly procedure in the conduct of the appeal, China will await further instructions from the division, when it may eventually be composed, or the Appellate Body, regarding any further steps to be taken by China in this appeal.”