Lawyers

• India violates WTO rules on discriminating against imports; US wins dispute against India solar policies

  A World Trade Organization panel ruled in favor of a US claim that India's rules restricting what products can be used in its solar industry violated international trade rules.

• China summons Western tech firms, revives bank cyber rules

  China has resumed work on a set of banking cyber security regulations it suspended earlier this year, reviving a potential source of friction with the United States just weeks before Xi Jinping makes his first trip to Washington as China's president, people with knowledge of the matter said

• Japan takes South Korea to WTO over Fukushima-related food import restrictions

  Japan launched a trade complaint at the World Trade Organization on Thursday to challenge South Korea's import bans and additional testing requirements for Japanese food after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

• U.S. lodges new appeal at WTO in meat labeling dispute

  The United States lodged an appeal on Friday to challenge a World Trade Organization ruling that said it had failed to bring its meat labeling laws into line with global trade rules.

• U.S. Congress urged to consider sanctions on Chinese cyber-spies

  U.S. lawmakers should look into options for punishing cyber-spying and the theft of trade secrets from U.S. companies, a congressional advisory committee on China said on Thursday.

• WTO says U.S. has not complied with meat labeling ruling

  The United States has not done enough to change its meat labeling rules after losing a World Trade Organization challenge brought by Mexico and Canada, the WTO said on Monday.

• Russia's Putin says sanctions violate principles of WTO

  President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Western sanctions against Russia violated the principles of the World Trade Organization and the main way to combat them was to develop the domestic market.

• WTO rules against Argentina in import restrictions case

  A World Trade Organization dispute panel ruled against Argentina on Friday in a 2012 case brought by the United States, European Union and Japan against the South American country's licensing rules used to restrict imports.

• Panel Finds That China Export Restrictions on Metals Violate Global Trade Law

  A panel of The World Trade Organization concluded on Wednesday that China has broken the rules of global commerce by restricting exports of rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum. "