China signals openness on WTO subsidy rules, sets limits on level-playing-field reform
By MLex Staff ( September 16, 2026, 08:05 GMT | Insight) -- China has signaled openness to updating World Trade Organization subsidy rules and strengthening coordination on industrial policies in a reform paper submitted on Monday, as talks resume in Geneva this month. But Beijing said market shares, trade balances and a few members’ standards shouldn’t be used as benchmarks for a “level playing field,” while also backing a greater role for plurilateral agreements.China has signaled openness to updating World Trade Organization rules on subsidies and strengthening coordination on industrial policies, while setting out limits on how increasingly contentious “level playing field” concerns should be handled in WTO reform talks....
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