The following is excerpted from a 23 July 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
At the request of the United States, the European Union and Japan, the Dispute Settlement Body established on 23 July 2012 a panel to consider China’s exports of rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum.
The three complainants requested that a single panel be established to examine their complaints (WT/DS431/6, WT/DS432/6 and WT/DS433/6). Requesting the panel, the United States said that the export restraints at issue include export quotas, export duties, various restrictions on the right to export and administrative requirements that limit China’s exports of these materials by increasing the burden and costs for exporting.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/dsb_23jul12_e.htm