China files revised dispute talks request with US on tariffs at WTO

“The United States issued the Executive Order of 3 March 2025, which amends the Executive Order of 1 February 2025 and increases the additional ad valorem tariffs imposed on all imported products originating in China from 10 per cent to 20 per cent. The measures at issue are applied to products of Chinese origin only and are in excess of the United States' bound rates in its Schedule of Concessions and Commitments annexed to the GATT 1994. The measures at issue not only violate WTO rules, but are discriminatory and protectionist in nature,” China said in its request.

"The United States' unilateral tax measures seriously violate WTO rules and undermine the foundation of China-US economic and trade cooperation," Beijing's commerce ministry said in a statement, adding that it was "strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed" to the tariffs.

Beijing launched a similar dispute in February when Trump first threatened the tariffs, describing the levies as ‘malicious’ at the time.

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