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China Lodges Tariff Case at WTO against US

Reuters

   HONG KONG - China has lodged a case against the United States with the
   World Trade Organization (WTO) over U.S. import duties, the Chinese
   commerce ministry said on Monday.

   The United States began imposing 15% tariffs on a variety of Chinese
   goods on Sunday - including footwear, smart watches and flat-panel
   televisions - as China began imposing new duties on U.S. crude, the
   latest escalation in a bruising trade war.

   The latest tariffs actions violated the consensus reached by leaders of
   China and the U.S. in a meeting in Osaka, the commerce ministry said in
   the statement. China will firmly defend its legal rights in accordance
   with WTO rules, it said.

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