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An investigation is underway, and Chinese authorities will get answers with questionnaires, public hearings and field inspections in the months to come.

Kazakhstan deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 1 July. Ambassador Asset Irgaliyev presented Kazakhstan's instrument of acceptance to Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The WTO co-hosted the Final Oral Round of the 22nd edition of the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition on WTO law between 18 and 22 June. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) emerged as the overall winner of the competition, with Strathmore University (Kenya) finishing as the runner-up.

South Africa has requested the establishment of two dispute panels to review European Union measures affecting the import of South African citrus fruit into the EU. The request was considered at a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 24 June. This is the first time that South Africa has requested the establishment of a panel under the WTO’s dispute settlement system.

At the request of the parties in the dispute “United States — Anti-Dumping Measure on Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina (DS617)”, the panel has decided to open to the public its first substantive meeting on 10 and 11 July 2024. The live screening will take place at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva and remotely via livestreaming.

The facilitator for the negotiations on dispute settlement reform, Ambassador Usha Dwarka-Canabady of Mauritius, briefed WTO members on 20 June on the start of the formal process regarding WTO dispute settlement reform. Co-convenors appointed to assist the process also briefed members on the discussions they held regarding the issues of appeal/review and accessibility.