After the World Trade Organization(WTO)Dispute Resolution Mechanism Expert Group released its ruling report on"China v.EU Fastener Anti dumping Measures Case"on December 3,2010,both the EU and China filed an appeal to the WTO Appellate Body.On July 15,2011,the Appellate Body published its report and upheld the expert group's ruling that the provisions on"individual tax rates"in the EU's Basic Regulations on Anti dumping do not comply with WTO rules;At the same time,the Appellate Body overturned the ruling of the Expert Group and found that the EU violated WTO rules in defining domestic industries and fairly comparing normal prices and export prices in the EU anti-dumping investigation against carbon steel fasteners in China.At this point,China's first case against the EU in the WTO ended in a complete victory for China.

In January 2009,the European Union imposed a high anti-dumping duty on Chinese exports of EU fasteners,involving more than 1700 Chinese enterprises,with a trade volume of over 5 billion yuan.In July of the same year,China reported the EU's move to the WTO for dispute resolution.As a Chinese lawyer representing the Chinese government in this case,Lawyer Wang Lei has successfully completed his agency work in the past two years through expert panel review procedures such as consultation,submission of written statements,hearings,and finally through appeal procedures such as written statements on appeal,written statements on appeal,and appeal hearings.Gao Peng Firm is pleased that our lawyers have won the WTO case on behalf of the Chinese government for the first time.

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