• China’s ambassador to the WTO Li Chenggang spoke at a meeting on trade disputes shortly after the United States lodged an appeal against a series of WTO rulings involving China, Turkey, Norway and Switzerland which found that U.S. metal tariffs breached global rules.
• “These troubling behaviors of the U.S. have clearly depicted an image of the U.S. as a unilateral bully, a rule breaker, and a supply chain disruptor,” he said, according to a copy of his speech obtained by Reuters.
• The United States said it regretted the metal tariffs dispute with China was even on the agenda at the meeting and accused Beijing of imposing “illegal unilateral retaliatory measures” on U.S. exports.
• “A WTO that serves to shield China’s non-market policies and practices is not in anyone’s interest,” said Deputy United States Trade Representative Maria Pagan, according to a copy of her speech.