WTO | 2026 News items

The Committee reviewed new notifications of legislation submitted by Botswana. It also continued its review of the legislative notifications of Cambodia, the European Union, Liberia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Solomon Islands. 

In reviewing semi-annual notifications on anti-dumping actions, delegations questioned and discussed the practices of other members, including in relation to the initiation of investigations, the imposition of provisional and final anti-dumping measures, and the review of existing anti-dumping measures. In this respect, delegations questioned and discussed actions contained in the semi-annual reports submitted by Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, the United States and Viet Nam. 

Forty-eight members notified the Committee of anti-dumping actions taken in the period covering 1 July to 31 December 2025, while 16 reported no new anti-dumping actions in this period. In addition, 46 members submitted one-time notifications indicating they have not established an authority competent to initiate and conduct an investigation and have not, to date, taken any anti-dumping actions. Mr Hirokazu Watanabe (Japan), the Chair of the Committee, welcomed members’ continued use of the anti-dumping portal to submit their semi-annual reports and urged members that had not submitted semi-annual reports to do so promptly. 

In addition to the semi-annual reports, the WTO’s Anti-Dumping Agreement requires members to submit without delay – on an ad hoc basis – notifications of all preliminary and final anti-dumping actions taken. Ad hoc notifications reviewed during the meeting were received from Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the Dominican Republic, the European Union, Georgia, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Chinese Taipei, Türkiye, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States and Viet Nam. In this context, concerns regarding anti-dumping actions by Mexico and India were raised. The Chair urged members to submit ad hoc notifications of actions taken without delay.

Next meeting

The autumn meeting of the Committee will be held in the week of 26 October 2026.