- GENEVA : The World Trade Organization’s top court upheld some Chinese objections to an earlier ruling that had backed the right of the United States to impose extra duties on Chinese goods that Washington argued were both unfairly priced and subsidized.
In particular the appellate body supported China’s argument — rejected by the original dispute panel — that the imposition of such a double penalty broke WTO trade rules.
China swiftly welcomed the ruling and called on the United States to end the unlawful way it calculated such anti-dumping and countervailing duties.
But the appeal court did not back all the points raised in China’s appeal.