Committee on Import Licensing - Report to the Council for Trade in Goods on China's Transitional Review

World Trade Organization G/LIC/19 11 November 2008 (08-5446) Committee on Import Licensing REPORT TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS ON CHINA'S TRANSITIONAL REVIEW 1. The Committee on Import Licensing, at its meeting on 20 October 2008, carried out the seventh transitional review of China pursuant to Paragraph 18 of the Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic of China (WT/L/432). 2. Written questions in connection with the transitional review of China's import licensing system were submitted in advance by the United States. This submission was circulated in document G/LIC/Q/CHN/23. 3. The information provided by China to the Committee on Import Licensing for its meeting on 8 October 2007, was circulated in document G/LIC/W/33. 4. The statements made at the meeting, where discussions under the transitional review took place, are reflected in the minutes of the meeting (G/LIC/M/28, paragraphs 3.1-3.7). The relevant paragraphs which refl