The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Saturday that it
was strongly unsatisfied with and firmly opposed to a recent United
States preliminary ruling on the anti-subsidy probe into tyres for
non-road use imported from China.
The US Department of Commerce ruled on Dec. 10 that the Chinese
government offered several subsidies to the tyre producers involved
in the investigation and said it would take temporary anti-subsidy
measures.
The probe infringes US tradition of not adopting anti-subsidy
measures against non-market economies, which has been practiced
since 1984, the MOC said in a statement.
The frequent requests for anti-subsidy probes into Chinese
exports made by US industries are unconducive to the normal
development of the bilateral trade relations, the statement
said.
The US Department of Commerce made false calculation of the
subsidies after refusing to take into account the credible data
provided by the Chinese side, according to the statement.
The unjust ruling not only violates the US basic laws and
multilateral rules, but shows US discrimination against Chinese
companies and its bias on Chinese mode of economic development, it
said.
This will give a rise to trade protectionism in the US and
damage the interests of Chinese industry, which is unacceptable to
the Chinese government and industry circle, the statement
noted.
China will reserve the right to take further action to protect
the interests of its domestic companies, the MOC added.
(Xinhua News Agency December 29, 2007)
