China slams US duties imposed on Chinese aluminium foil exporters
US claims unfair trading practices make it impossible for American producers to compete with Chinese rivals, amid increasing trade tensions between two nations
China has expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with the United States imposing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese aluminium foil, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Wednesday.
“The US has disregarded the WTO rules and seriously damaged the interests of China’s aluminium foil exporters. China is strongly dissatisfied with this,” Wang Hejun, the head of the ministry’s trade remedy and investigation bureau, said in the statement.
The US Commerce Department has made the wrong decision by levying high duties “without any evidence” and has unreasonably and excessively adopted trade remedy measures, which will affect its domestic employment and undermine the welfare of US consumers, Wang added.
China will take necessary measures to protect its legal rights and interests in the US wrongdoing, Wang said.
US President Donald Trump is due to decide soon whether to impose much broader duties on steel and aluminium imports under a national security investigation amid mounting trade friction with China.