GENEVA / BEIJING -- China has done an about-face since an October 2022 World Trade Organization meeting in which it clearly stated that it would not revise its standards to require office equipment such as multifunction printers to be designed and developed in China, it has been learned.
Although a Chinese government official stated at the WTO meeting that China would not introduce new national standards for these products, the government made a domestic announcement for a policy of introducing such standards about 10 days after the meeting, according to sources.
