China files complaint to WTO against U.S. proposed tariff on Chinese goods

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FILE PHOTO: A general view of a container port in Shanghai
FILE PHOTO: A general view of a container port in Shanghai August 11, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

July 16, 2018

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commerce ministry said on Monday it had filed a complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding Washington’s proposed tariff list on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods on July 16.

The Ministry of Commerce said last week China would immediately file a complaint to the WTO against U.S. unilateralism, following the U.S.’ threat to slap 10 percent tariffs on an extra $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.

(Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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