The United States has for the first time challenged China’s compliance with a World Trade Organisation ruling, claiming the country had failed to make changes ordered by a WTO dispute resolution panel.
The dispute alleges China refused to comply with a 2012 ruling that barred the country from imposing duties on a type of heavy steel manufactured in the US. The complaint asserted that the inaction was costing US companies about $250m per year.
“We have requested consultations with China on its failure to bring antidumping and countervailing duties on US exports of GOES (grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel) into compliance with its WTO obligations”, said Mike Froman, US trade representative, on Monday.