China is conducting a preliminary anti-dumping investigation of US-made vehicles in response to a request from China’s car industry, commerce minister Chen Deming said on Thursday.
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Speaking to reporters after two days of high-level Sino-American trade talks, Chen promised an “objective, just and fair review”.
President Barack Obama, who will visit China in mid-November, angered Beijing last month by slapping a 35% duty on imports of Chinese-made tyres, which totalled about US$1.8bn last year, Reuters noted.
China immediately challenged the action at the World Trade Organisation and said it would launch an anti-dumping and countervailing-duty investigation against US vehicles to offset unfair pricing and government subsidies.
Beijing’s probe could lead to new import duties on cars and sports utility vehicles made by Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, a US industry official told the news agency.
