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Índice I. OMC _______________________________________________ 2 Russia will again ask WTO to set up panel over steel dispute ______________ 2 US, China Among 20 States Blocking UK's Bid to Fast Track WTO Deal – Reports _______________________________________________________ 2 WTO sets up panel for Japan-South Korea dispute over steel bar duties _____ 3 II. NEGOCIAÇÕES REGIONAIS E BILATERAIS _________________ 5 Canada Ratifies Pacific Trade Deal With Australia Close Behind ____________ 5 Canada Sets Conditions for Trade Deal With China ______________________ 5 III. OUTROS ____________________________________________ 6 Russia seeks to capitalise on Brexit after blocking Liam Fox's WTO plan _____ 6

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I. OMC Russia will again ask WTO to set up panel over steel dispute Reuters (Reino Unido) Russian will again ask the World Trade Organization to set up a panel of adjudicators in November to judge the legality of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, the country’s economy ministry said on Monday. The United States would not have a right to block the plan again, and the panel would be formed automatically, the Russian ministry said in a statement.

US, China Among 20 States Blocking UK's Bid to Fast Track WTO Deal – Reports Sputnik News (Rússia) Some 20 countries, including the United States and China, are reportedly trying to prevent Britain from agreeing a fast-track deal with the World Trade Organization (WTO) on its post-Brexit terms of trade, The Independent wrote. Britain’s International Trade Secretary Liam Fox admitted that several WTO members had “reservations” about London’s desire to enjoy terms similar to what it has as a member of the European Union. Being a full member of the WTO, Britain will have to negotiate separately with member states over the limits on the amount of goods to be allowed into the United Kingdom and the import tariffs it will set post-Brexit. The negotiations will not be easy as countries around the world would either loose or gain depending on how EU quotas are split between member states once Britain leaves the bloc.

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A country’s export quota is often determined by another country and normally applies to specific products as well as being applied to protect domestic production against foreign competition. After Brexit, EU countries will have to work out the share of EU quotas that will then be assigned to the United Kingdom. The head of the House of Commons international trade committee, Angus Brendan MacNeil, said on Friday that the government’s plans to fast-track the terms of the country’s WTO membership were in “tatters.” “When he gave evidence to my committee in July, Dr. Fox assured me that this was all going fine. But his plan is now in tatters after the UK’s proposed WTO goods schedules faced formal objections from some 20 countries, including the US, China, Australia and New Zealand,” MacNeil said. In July, Britain and the European Union formally filed for divorce at the World Trade Organization, following many months of diplomatic preparations to smooth the way for the historic move. Until now Britain has been represented at the WTO by the EU and its membership rights were not set out distinctly, even though Britain was always a WTO member in its own right. London’s June 2016 decision to leave the EU meant disentangling the bloc’s trade rules to allow Britain to act independently.

WTO sets up panel for Japan-South Korea dispute over steel bar duties Nikkei Asian Review (Japão) The World Trade Organization on Monday set up a panel to settle a dispute between Japan and South Korea over antidumping duties Seoul has levied on imported stainless steel bars for about 14 years, the Japanese government said.

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The panel was established at the request of Japan after the countries failed to resolve the dispute through bilateral consultations in August. At issue is South Korea's placing of a 15.39 percent tariff on Japanese stainless steel bars in order to protect its domestic industry. The levy has been extended twice since 2004, bringing the total imposition to about 4.9 billion yen ($44 million) by the end of June last year. Following the WTO decision on Monday, a three-member panel will spend about a year looking into the case and compiling a report, according to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Japan has argued that maintaining the tariff for an extended period is against WTO rules, while questioning the rationale behind South Korea's extensions. Steel bars are used to make bolts, nuts and valves for machinery and cars. Of South Korea's total imports of stainless steel bars in 2002, before the duties were imposed, Japan's accounted for over 50 percent. But the proportion fell to less than 13 percent in 2016. When a country judges that an imported product is priced at an artificially deflated level compared to its home market, it can impose an antidumping tariff for five years. Such a measure can be extended as an exception if it is feared that lifting it would hurt the domestic industry. With Japan and South Korea failing to bridge their differences, Tokyo asked the WTO to set up a dispute settlement panel in mid-September.

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II. NEGOCIAÇÕES REGIONAIS E BILATERAIS Canada Ratifies Pacific Trade Deal With Australia Close Behind Bloomberg (Estados Unidos) A sprawling Pacific trade deal led by Japan is on the verge of kicking in provisionally after Canada became the fifth country to sign off, according to a government official. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government sent formal notice of its ratification Saturday to New Zealand, which is compiling records for the 11-nation Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement. Canada finalized its legal process over the weekend after lawmakers passed the deal Thursday. Japan, Mexico, Singapore, New Zealand and Canada have now ratified it, and Australia’s trade minister said this week he’s on the brink of doing so. The deal will be provisionally enacted 60 days after it’s ratified by six countries. Member nations were pushing to do so by Nov. 1, which would allow the pact to kick in Dec. 31 with an initial tariff cut followed by a second round just one day later, the start of the new year. The deal also includes Chile, Malaysia, Brunei, Peru and Vietnam. Each country will join after it has ratified, but see a delay in tariff reductions when compared to the initial six. The CPTPP was originally called the Trans-Pacific Partnership and once included the U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal after taking office in 2017.

Canada Sets Conditions for Trade Deal With China Sputnik News (Rússia) Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum, said in an interview with CBC Radio that talks with China on a trade deal between the two countries have been put on hold until Beijing changes some of its policies.

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"We are doing our best to persuade China to behave in what we would regard as the more reasonable way," McCallum said. Among the stumbling blocks on the road towards a trade agreement, McCallum mentioned differing views on access to each other's agricultural markets, issues regarding wages, gender equity and human rights records. He added that without advances on these issues, it will be impossible to reach a deal. Ottawa first made efforts to reach a trade agreement with Beijing in December 2017, when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited China. Now Canada is making a new attempt, as Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr will be attending high-level meetings in Beijing in November. Canada signed a new trade deal with the US and Mexico in October that requires Ottawa to notify other signatories about ongoing trade talks with other countries. It's unclear for now if Washington, which is embroiled in a trade war with Beijing, will object to Canada's talks with China.

III. OUTROS Russia seeks to capitalise on Brexit after blocking Liam Fox's WTO plan El Clarín (Argentina) En una entrevista con la prensa brasileña e internacional, entre ellos el diario Clarín, el futuro ministro de Hacienda de Brasil Paulo Guedes fue contundente: “La Argentina no es una prioridad; el Mercosur tampoco es una prioridad”. Luego reivindicó que este día de victoria “fue una celebración”. Y añadió: “Nosotros tenemos un diagnóstico. Y el plan económico tendrá varios bloques. Pero en lo inmediato, los objetivos son el ataque al déficit fiscal y la apertura de la economía” -¿Cómo ve el el Mercosur hacia el futuro?- preguntó Clarín. 6

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-El Mercosur es muy restrictivo. Brasil quedó prisionero de alianzas ideológicas. Y eso es malo para la economía. Para el futuro ministro de Hacienda de Bolsonaro, "el Mercosur cuando fue hecho, resultó totalmente ideológico. Es una prisión cognitiva". -Mi pregunta es si usted cree que también ahora es ideológico. -No lo será con nosotros, pero fue ideológico. En el sentido que usted solo negocia con gente que tiene inclinaciones bolivarianas. -Pero entonces, ¿podría ser desmontado el Mercosur? -De nuevo, su pregunta está mal hecha. La pregunta es: ¿Sólo voy a comercializar con Argentina? No. ¿Solo voy a comerciar con Venezuela, Bolivia y Argentina? No. Nosotros vamos a negociar con el mundo. -Pero Bolivia y Venezuela no están en el Mercosur en este momento. Por ahora están los cuatro países de siempre: además de Argentina y Brasil, están Uruguay y Paraguay. ¿Qué va a pasar con ellos? -Serán más países: nosotros no vamos a ser prisioneros de relaciones ideológicas. Nosotros haremos comercio. -¿Pero el Mercosur va a ser expandido? ¿O se va a reducir?, preguntó otra periodista brasileña. -El Mercosur es otra alianza de algunos países como ella (la periodista de Clarín) dijo. Pero si yo quiero negociar con el resto del mundo, ¿podemos? -Entonces, la relación con Argentina, ¿no es prioridad?- preguntó Clarín. -No, no es prioridad la Argentina. El Mercosur tampoco es prioridad. ¿Es eso lo que usted quería oír? Conozco ese estilo. Argentina no es prioridad. Para nosotros, la prioridad es comerciar con todo el mundo. La semana pasada Clarín consiguió dialogar con el presidente electo Jair Bolsonaro, en medio de una conferencia de prensa. La pregunta fue si iría a visitar pronto al presidente Mauricio Macri. En ese momento, cuando todavía era candidato, el flamante jefe de 7

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Estado electo replicó: “Hablé hace muy pocos días con el presidente Macri. Y le garantizo que habrá una relación excelente; será una alianza óptima”. Este domingo, el mandatario argentino felicitó a Bolsonaro poco después de confirmarse su triunfo en el balotaje. "Deseo que trabajemos pronto juntos por la relación entre nuestros países y el bienestar de argentinos y brasileros", manifestó por Twitter y posteriormente lo llamó por teléfono. El proyecto explícito en las declaraciones de Paulo Guedes apunta a llevar la unión aduanera del Mercosur a una zona de libre comercio, donde el nivel de integración es menor. Eso significa, entre otras cosas, que cada país negociará niveles de aranceles con total autonomía, sin considerar que puede desfavorecer a su socio en el bloque. Guedes anticipó que las primeras medidas económicas de Bolsonaro, quien asumirá el 1° de enero, se centrará en el control del gasto público. Para eso, afirmó: "Necesitamos una reforma del régimen de jubilaciones".

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