China warns of retaliation as US launches aluminium dumping probe
Beijing — China on Wednesday warned it would take the "necessary measures" to protect its businesses after the US launched a new trade probe into China’s possible aluminium dumping. The investigation into imports of aluminium sheet worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year was an unusually aggressive move by the US. For the first time since 1991, the US Commerce Department said it launched the investigation on its own initiative, rather than responding to a request from a US company. "This practice by the US side is very rare in the history of international trade," China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. "China expresses strong dissatisfaction towards the tendency of trade protectionism displayed by the US." The US Commerce Department said on Tuesday it opened the probe into possible dumping and inappropriate subsidies of common alloy aluminium sheet from China, which may be harming US industry. "President Trump made it clear from day one that unfair trade practices wil...
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