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US files WTO complaint against Chinese aluminium subsidies
United States files WTO complaint against Chinese aluminium subsidies
On 12 January the United States notified the WTO Secretariat that it requested dispute consultations with China regarding alleged subsidies provided by China to its producers of primary aluminium.
The United States
alleges that loans and other financing to primary aluminium
producers, as well as the provision by the Chinese
government of coal, alumina and electricity to one producer
of primary aluminium, are subsidies that appear to be
causing adverse effects to the interests of the United
States.
> Further information will be available within
the next few days in document WT/DS519/1
What is a
request for consultations?
The request for
consultations formally initiates a dispute in the WTO.
Consultations give the parties an opportunity to discuss the
matter and to find a satisfactory solution without
proceeding further with litigation. After 60 days, if
consultations have failed to resolve the dispute, the
complainant may request adjudication by a
panel.
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