China and US square up in trade dispute

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Source: http://www.scotsman.com/

JONATHAN LYNN
IN GENEVA
CHINA and the United States yesterday brought disputes against each other at the World Trade Organisation.

China requested consultations with the US - the first stage in launching a WTO dispute - over Washington's anti-dumping measures on paper imports from China, the WTO said.

It is only China's second trade dispute against Washington and the first it has brought alone, after a previous case in 2002 where it joined forces with the European Union and other countries to challenge US steel import restrictions.

The Chinese mission to the WTO said the dispute concerned imports of coated paper from China.




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