AF&PA Urges Chinese Authorities to Keep an Open Market for Recovered Paper Imports; “China has violated their WTO obligations,” says CEO Donna Harman
(Washington DC, December 19, 2017) Advocating for free and fair recovered fiber trade policies with China, American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman announced the association’s filing of formal comments with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Chinese authorities:
“We believe China has violated their obligations under the WTO and will disrupt international trade and the global market for recovered fiber by their import limiting actions. Specifically, China has mischaracterized certain valuable raw material as ‘solid wastes,’ has taken action not proportional to its own regulation, is favoring its domestic industry over imports and has not provided enough time for U.S. operators to respond. We urge Chinese authorities to immediately engage with the U.S., other WTO member states and appropriate recovered fiber operators and address a number of concerns in order to ensure a free and fair global recycling system.”
For Background Go To: AF&PA Senior Director, International Trade Jacob Handelsman filed official comments with the WTO/TBT National Notification Center of the People’s Republic of China on Dec. 15. (Source: press release)
