USTR, in annual report, decries China's retaliatory use of trade remedies

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, in its annual report to Congress on China's World Trade Organization compliance, faulted Beijing's use of trade remedy actions as retaliatory tool and touted the Obama administration's trade enforcement record -- especially in the agricultural sector -- to ensure China is complying with the obligations laid out in its 2001 WTO accession protocol. “China’s regulatory authorities in some instances seem to be pursuing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and imposing duties for the...