China has asked to join World Trade Organization consultations that Brazil opened against US tariffs of up to 37.5 percent. Beijing filed the request in Geneva on Monday, telling the trade body it held a substantial commercial interest in the case. The move was first reported by the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo and independently confirmed to the South China Morning Post by a Brazilian government source. In the request, China said Washington could apply comparable measures to Chinese...
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China has requested to join the World Trade Organization consultations that Brazil initiated against US tariffs of up to 37.5 percent. Beijing submitted the request in Geneva on Monday, informing the trade body that it has a significant commercial interest in the case. The move was first reported by the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo and independently confirmed to the South China Morning Post by a Brazilian government source. In the request, China stated that Washington could impose similar measures on Chinese goods, and that such measures would impact all Chinese exports to the American market, with specific exemptions. It said the additional duties changed the competitive conditions for Chinese products sold in the United States. The document had not yet appeared in the WTO’s public records on Monday. The grounds outlined by Beijing concern its own exports rather than the treatment of Brazilian goods. China has challenged Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974 at the WTO since 2018. It argues that the statute allows Washington to determine violations and impose penalties without multilateral authorization.