CCTV News: According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, the head of the Treaty and Law Department of the Ministry of Commerce answered questions from reporters on the EU's arbitration appeal against China-Europe WTO dispute cases.
A reporter asked: We noticed that on April 22, Geneva time, the EU filed a request for appeal arbitration under the "Multi-party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement" (MPIA) for the ruling of the World Trade Dispute Case (DS611) for its Standard Essential Patent License ban on China. What is China’s comment on this?
A: China has always attached great importance to intellectual property protection and its achievements are obvious to all. China is pleased to see that the WTO expert group supports China's propositions. China has received an appeal request from the European side and will handle it in accordance with relevant MPIA rules to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.
At the same time, I would like to point out that MPIA, as a member of the WTO, maintains the mechanism arrangements for the operation of the dispute settlement mechanism, is conducive to maintaining the stability and predictability of the multilateral trading system. China will work with other MPIA participants to jointly promote the effective implementation of MPIA and firmly safeguard the rules-based multilateral trading system.
