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China files WTO challenge against Donald Trump's tariff hike proposal on $200 bn of Chinese goods

The one-sentence Commerce Ministry statement gave no legal grounds for the challenge or other details.

PTI Reported by: PTI Beijing Updated on: July 16, 2018 17:49 IST
Chinese made children shoes carrying a Chinese map and U.S.

Chinese made children shoes carrying a Chinese map and U.S. flags are on display for a sale at a shop in Beijing. China announced it filled a World Trade Organization challenge Monday, to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal for a tariff hike on $200 billion of Chinese goods, reacting swiftly amid deepening concern about the economic impact of their spiraling technology dispute.  

China on Monday announced that it filed a World Trade Organisation challenge against US President Donald Trump's proposal for a tariff hike on USD 200 billion of Chinese goods, reacting swiftly amid deepening concern about the economic impact of their spiralling technology dispute. 

The one-sentence Commerce Ministry statement gave no legal grounds for the challenge or other details. 

It is an unusually rapid move for a trade case, coming less than one week after the US Trade Representative announced the tariff plan, which wouldn't take effect until at least September. 

The USTR said last week that it proposed the levy in response to Beijing's decision to retaliate for US tariff hikes over complaints China is hurting American companies by stealing or pressuring foreign enterprises to hand over technology. 

China criticised the move but has yet to say whether it would retaliate for the second round of tariffs. Its lopsided trade balance with the United States means it has only USD 80 billion of annual imports of American goods left for retaliation following its earlier measures. 

Beijing has stepped up diplomatic efforts to recruit support from Europe, South Korea and other trading partners but so far without success.

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