According to the Ministry of Commerce website on the evening of July 16, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce made remarks on the WTO Appellate Body report on the compliance proceeding in China's complaint against US countervailing duty measures.
On July 16 Geneva time, the WTO issued the Appellate Body report in the compliance proceeding concerning China's complaint against US countervailing duty measures (DS437), ruling that 11 US countervailing measures at issue violated WTO rules.
Both the original panel and the Appellate Body had already ruled that the US measures violated WTO rules and required the US to rectify them. Unfortunately, the US continued its unlawful practices during the implementation of the WTO rulings.
The Appellate Body's ruling once again proves that the US, by violating WTO rules and repeatedly abusing trade remedy measures, has seriously undermined the fairness and impartiality of the international trading environment.
China has always respected multilateral trade rules and opposed the abuse of trade remedy measures. China initiated the compliance proceeding to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests, as well as to uphold the authority of the multilateral trading system and the seriousness of its rules.
In recent years, the US has abused countervailing measures against Chinese products, seriously hindering the normal export of Chinese products to the US.
The US countervailing measures in question have been ruled by the WTO multiple times to violate multilateral rules. China urges the US to take immediate and concrete actions to correct its wrongful practices in countervailing duty investigations against China, so as to create a fair and stable international trade environment for enterprises of both countries.