The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on Feb. 19 to launch anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe against truck and bus tires from China.
An official with the Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau under China’s Ministry of Commerce said that the decision of the U.S. lacks of fact and legal basis, particularly that there are serious problems with the qualification and industrial representative of the proposer. The proposal was made by American labor union and some of the primary tire producers in the U.S. didn’t support the case.
The official also pointed out that the production, operation and profitability of the U.S. tire producers are well. Under such circumstances, the U.S. still launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe against tires from China, China expressed serious concern.
The U.S. has launched trade remedy probes against a number of tire categories from China and adopted curbs since 2007. The moves severely restrained regular tire exports to the U.S. from China and affected the interests of China’s tire industry. China’s tire industry strongly opposed it.
An official with China’s Ministry of Commerce said the Chinese government will watch closely the procedure of the case and protect China’s legitimate rights and interests with rules and regulations of WTO.
The official also stressed that China always opposed to abuse of trade remedy means and hoped the U.S. address the case cautiously, not to affect ordinary bilateral trade and cooperation.
