China tells US ‘stop looking for excuses’, correct trade wrongdoings after WTO ruling
- The World Trade Organization authorised Beijing to impose compensatory tariffs against the US following a decade-long case centred on alleged subsidies
- China went to the WTO in 2012 to challenge anti-subsidy tariffs the US imposed on 22 Chinese products from solar panels to steel wire between 2008-12
The United States should take immediate action to correct wrongdoing in trade practices against China, the commerce ministry in Beijing said on Thursday, after a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that let China impose tariffs on US goods.
The WTO ruling is of great significance for correcting illegal countervailing practices of the United States and safeguarding the trade interests of Chinese firms, the ministry said in a statement on its website.
“The ruling once again attested that the United States has long violated WTO rules, abused trade remedy measures and refused to fulfil its international obligations ordered by WTO or stipulated in WTO rules. This has seriously damaged the fair and just international trade environment,” Gao Feng, spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce, said on Thursday.
“China urges the US to stop looking for excuses and immediately take action to correct its wrongdoings in trade remedy investigations against China.”