Posted on 16 Feb 2015
The World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement panels have issued rulings in favor of Japanese and European claims that China’s antidumping duties on high-performance steel tubes violate WTO rules.
In their reports released Friday, the panels recommended that China abide by the WTO antidumping agreement as well as other relevant rules.
Japan, the European Union and China can appeal against the panel reports within 60 days.
In autumn 2012, China imposed antidumping duties on high-performance seamless steel tubes from Japan and the EU region, arguing the imports were dumped to cause material injury to its domestic industry.
Last year, China levied the duties ranging from 9.2 percent to 14.4 percent on the Japanese products worth $140 million.
The reports pointed out that China failed to properly conduct investigations into the alleged dumping and determined antidumping duties inconsistently with WTO rules.
Japan filed its complaint against the Chinese levies with the global free trade body in December 2012 and the EU in June 2013.Speech
