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      China files complaint with WTO against US tariff increase

      2025-04-04 20:56 Last Updated At：04-05 16:57

      China has filed a lawsuit via the World Trade Organization's (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism following the U.S. announcement to slap "reciprocal tariffs" on all trading partners, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Friday.

      U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order on the so-called "reciprocal tariffs," imposing a 10-percent "minimum baseline tariff" and higher rates on certain trading partners. He added a 34 percent tariff on imports from China, which is set to take effect on April 9.

      A MOC spokesperson said on Friday that the so-called "reciprocal tariffs" imposed by the U.S. side gravely violates WTO rules, seriously undermines the legitimate rights and interests of WTO members, and seriously damages the rules-based multilateral trading system and the international economic and trade order.

      It is a typical unilateral practice of bullying that jeopardizes the stability of the global economic and trade order, and China is firmly opposed to this, the spokesperson said.

      Also on Friday, the Ministry of Commerce released export control measures on certain items related to seven types of medium and heavy rare earths, including samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium and yttrium.

      The ministry also added 16 U.S. entities to its export control list, further restricting their access to Chinese markets and technologies, while 11 American firms were added to China's unreliable entity list.

      In addition, the ministry launched an anti-dumping investigation into imported medical CT tubes from the United States and announced the country's first competitiveness investigation into the import of medical CT ball tubes.

      China files complaint with WTO against US tariff increase

      China files complaint with WTO against US tariff increase

       China files complaint with WTO against US tariff increase

      China files complaint with WTO against US tariff increase
      China files complaint with WTO against US tariff increase

      China files complaint with WTO against US tariff increase

      The United States' push to revoke China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status, or granting the Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment permanently, is a clear instance of unilateralism and trade protectionism, according to a white paper released by China's State Council Information Office on Wednesday.

      The white paper, titled "China's Position on Some Issues Concerning China-US Economic and Trade Relations", aims to clarify the facts about the bilateral economic and trade relations between the two countries and lay out China's position on relevant issues.

      The white paper said that the PNTR status is the ballast of China-U.S. economic and trade relations.

      The U.S. push to revoke this status violates the rules of the World Trade Organization's (WTO), undermines China-U.S. relations, and disrupts the global economic order, the white paper noted.

      According to the white paper, WTO rules require its members to unconditionally grant MFN treatment to all other members, a requirement that has binding legal force.

      Over the past two decades, the PNTR has served to stabilize China-U.S. economic and trade relations. Revoking China's PNTR status will see China-U.S. economic and trade relations returning to the uncertainty and unpredictability that preceded China's accession to the WTO in 2001.

      China opposes any unilateralist and protectionist acts that sabotage the multilateral trading system and hopes that the U.S. will be clearly aware of the possible harm caused by its attempt to revoke China's MFN status, the white paper said.

      The white paper called on the U.S. to work constructively with the overwhelming majority of WTO members in safeguarding a fair and reasonable global economic and trade order and environment.

      Rescinding China's most favored nation status undermines foundation of China-US trade relations: white paper

      Rescinding China's most favored nation status undermines foundation of China-US trade relations: white paper
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