“The US is turning up the heat on China at the WTO, pushing separate cases against Chinese tax and intellectual property policies. A WTO dispute panel was created on 31 August to investigate allegations by the US and Mexico that Beijing offers a series of illegal tax refunds, reductions, and exemptions that discriminate against imports while effectively subsidising the export of Chinese manufactured goods, in contravention of international trade rules. At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body that day, a US representative repeated Washingtons charges against China, and asked for the creation of a single panel to jointly examine its claims along with Mexicos. “Although we continue to prefer to reach a mutually agreed solution to this dispute, unfortunately to date we have not been able to do so,” said the delegate. …”
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