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United States-Certain Measures Affecting Imports of Poultry from China Zhang Yan MB 350821 18 April 2014 1.Facts of the Case In the background of the global economic downturn, the world trade protectionism has risen recently, such cases in China increased sharply. In March 2009, U.S. President Obama signed the article 727of the Consolidated Appropriations Act ,2009, the content is under any funds provided by this Act shall not be used for making or perform any permitted for U.S. imports of poultry products from China. The provision by means of limiting government funding purposes does not allow the relevant government departments to carry out the ban on import of poultry products from China and curbs on Chinese poultry products exports to the America. Bill was signed the same day, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce that responded, made it clear that section 727 is a typical discriminatory trade protectionism, a serious violation of the WTO rules, interferes with the normal development of Sino-US poultry trade. After the provision, the two governments started negotiations on poultry imports, but fruitless, leading to Chinese poultry products cant return to the American market and Chinese interests seriously damaged, the typical discriminatory trade protectionism caused strong opposition from China. On April 17, 2009, China will limit the measures taken by the United States to Chinese poultry resort to WTO dispute settlement mechanism, and urged the United States as soon as possible to cancel this discriminatory trade protectionism and correct the erroneous practice. On June 23, China requested a WTO panel established to hear the case of American restrictive measures on Chinese poultry imports. At the request of China, the world trade organization officially decided to set up expert group on July 31, 2009 ，investigating and ruling the relevant measures of United States to restrict imports of poultr