US criticises China’s WTO compliance as industry groups mount complaints

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A US trade official accused China of failing to meet its WTO commitments and using anticompetitive policies to pursue dominance across industrial sectors. Industry groups are also raising complaints about China’s trade practices.

At a hearing reviewing China’s compliance with its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, a senior US trade official said Beijing was targeting entire industrial sectors for global dominance while retaining a non-market economic system. Terry McCartin, Assistant US Trade Representative (USTR) for China, Mongolia and Taiwan Affairs, said China’s anticompetitive behaviour posed a major challenge to the global trading system. “More critically, after 25 years of WTO membership, China still...