Posted on 06/24/2021 5:38:59 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
BEIJING • China sued Australia yesterday over anti-dumping measures on some Chinese goods, further ratcheting up tensions between the two nations.
Beijing has filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over Australian anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on Chinese exports of railway wheels, wind towers and stainless steel sinks, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.
This would be the third recent WTO case between the two countries, after Australia sued over Chinese tariffs on wine and barley. Ties between the two sides have been worsening since 2018, when Australia barred Huawei Technologies from building its 5G network and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison led calls for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus that first emerged in Wuhan.
Beijing responded with tariffs and restrictions on imports of coal, barley, lobsters and wine.
China opposes nations abusing trade-remedy measures that damage the legitimate rights of Chinese firms and undermine the authority of WTO rules, commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng said, adding that Beijing hopes Canberra can avoid distorting goods trade and bring it back to a normal track as soon as possible.
Australia will "vigorously defend" the case, its Trade Minister Dan Tehan said. "What we would like to be able to do is not only be able to sit down at the official level and resolve these disputes, but also at the ministerial level," he said. "But that is not an avenue available to us at this time."
Purchasing the WTO was a smart move by the CCP.
President Trump did much the same concerning this same Communist company and besides whining and griping they did not take their case to the WTO. Why?
Because President Trump could not care less what that UN Entity would rule one way or the other. And, the Communist Chinese understood this so they didn’t waste their time.
I am of the firm belief that the Communist Chinese were as involved with the 2020 Voter Fraud perpetrated against President Trump as the Dems. RINO’s and Euroweenies. All of them wanted President Trump gone very badly. They all would benefit if the USA went back to being back to business as usual.
once upon a time
it was unwise to file a lawsuit
against your customer
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