China opposes US anti-dumping probes against its products
Sunday, 22 July 2007
BEIJING, July 21 (PTI): China has strongly opposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations by the US into imported Chinese steel tubes and woven sacks, saying that such measures threatened bilateral trade ties.
"The US government continues the mistake of imposing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures from time to time," spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce, Wang Xinpei said yesterday.
The US Department of Commerce announced this week it would officially launch the investigations into imports of light-walled rectangular pipes and tubes and laminated woven sacks used to package dog food, bird seed and other products.
In June, 12 US steel manufacturers and the US Laminated Woven Sacks Committee complained to the US government of unfair pricing of steel pipes and woven sacks imported from China.
In March and June, the US Department of Commerce started anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese coated free sheet paper and carbon steel tubes.
"These investigations have aroused strong dissatisfaction in Chinese business circles," Wang said.
He said that as the US did not treat China as a market economy, the use of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures also infringed US rules and its tradition of not adopting anti-subsidy measures against non-market economies, which had been practiced for more than two decades.
Wang said the move threatened Sino-US economic and trade ties and China would assert its rights as a World Trade Organisation (WTO) member if the United States continued the measures.
"The US government continues the mistake of imposing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures from time to time," spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce, Wang Xinpei said yesterday.
The US Department of Commerce announced this week it would officially launch the investigations into imports of light-walled rectangular pipes and tubes and laminated woven sacks used to package dog food, bird seed and other products.
In June, 12 US steel manufacturers and the US Laminated Woven Sacks Committee complained to the US government of unfair pricing of steel pipes and woven sacks imported from China.
In March and June, the US Department of Commerce started anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese coated free sheet paper and carbon steel tubes.
"These investigations have aroused strong dissatisfaction in Chinese business circles," Wang said.
He said that as the US did not treat China as a market economy, the use of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures also infringed US rules and its tradition of not adopting anti-subsidy measures against non-market economies, which had been practiced for more than two decades.
Wang said the move threatened Sino-US economic and trade ties and China would assert its rights as a World Trade Organisation (WTO) member if the United States continued the measures.