China calls U.S. repeat abuser of world trade rules

Reuters ^ | March 21st, 2018 | Brenda Goh

[Mariner]

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China accused the United States of “repeatedly abusing” international trade rules, as Beijing braced on Thursday for an imminent announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump slapping more tariffs on Chinese imports.

A World Trade Organisation ruling against Obama-era anti-subsidy tariffs on Wednesday handed China’s commerce ministry ammunition to criticize Washington’s conduct in trade affairs.

The ruling “proves that the U.S. side has violated WTO rules, repeatedly abused trade remedy measures, which has serious damaged the fair and just nature of the international trade environment and weakened the stability of the multilateral trading system,” the ministry said.

In the statement posted on its website late on Wednesday, the ministry went on to urge the United States to provide Chinese companies with a “fair and stable international trade environment.”

The WTO ruled that the United States had not fully complied with a 2014 ruling against its anti-subsidy tariffs on a range of Chinese products. However, it also supported the U.S. claim that Chinese exporters were getting subsidies from “public bodies”, despite Beijing’s assertions to the contrary.

[Mariner]

So, the WTO tribunal finds China illegally subsidized their exports, but the counter US tariffs were illegal.

You know folks, the whole friggin' world is against MAGA. Just like the swamp in DC, they will fight to the last man.

Instead of ignoring WTO, Trump should tell them it is not a biding treaty in US law and he will not abide.

[Mariner]

not a binding treaty

[Eddie01]

McConnell

[Telepathic Intruder]

China can always trade with someone else :)

[Olog-hai]

Communists accusing their opposition of doing what they’re actually doing, once again.

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China - masters of projection...

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Like a thief coming home from a burglary to find his own home ransacked. Boo hoo.

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“China accused the United States of “repeatedly abusing” international trade rules,”

And the USA runs a 566 billion dollar annual trade deficit? It must be reverse speech day in China. Tariffs are desperate needed to protect America from world predator governments NOW!