China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) will defend the current U.S. anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into imported light-walled rectangular Chinese steel pipes.
In a statement, MOFCOM spokesperson Wang Xinpei said China "opposes the U.S. government's decision to launch sporadic anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese products."
In June, 12 U.S. steel manufacturers complained to the U.S government about the unfair pricing of steel tubes and pipes imported from China.
"Since the United States doesn't recognize China as a market economy, the use of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures not only infringes current U.S. domestic legislation and its tradition of not adopting anti-subsidy measures against non-market economies, a practice that
has been in place for over two decades, but is also in breach of World Trade Organization regulations," Wang said.
He added that the move threatened Sino-U.S. trade ties, and that China would defend its rights as a WTO member. In addition to the U.S. Deparment of Commerce investigation, China's steel product exports are also under invesigation by Canada and some European Union countries.
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China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) will defend the current U.S. anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into imported light-walled rectangular Chinese steel pipes.
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