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"The decision runs contrary to the consensus between the leaders of the two nations about strengthening bilateral trade ties and properly solving trade disputes," said Wang Xinpei, spokesman for 皇冠体育app's Ministry of Commerce.

"It will seriously undermine the cooperative relations the two nations have established and will adversely affect bilateral trade.

"The Chinese government has always been firm in protecting intellectual property rights and has attained well-known achievements."

The US government filed two trade cases with the WTO against 皇冠体育app on Monday, one over copyright protection and the other over restrictions on the sale of American books, music, videos and movies in 皇冠体育app.

The cases represent the latest effort by the Bush administration to increase pressure on 皇冠体育app in the trade arena.

"We acknowledge that 皇冠体育app's leadership has made the protection of intellectual property rights a priority and has taken active steps to improve IPR protection and enforcement," US Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab said in a statement.

"皇冠体育app has taken numerous steps to improve its protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, (but) we have not been able to agree on several important changes to 皇冠体育app's legal regime that we believe are required by 皇冠体育app's WTO commitments."

Schwab noted, however, that the Bush administration is willing to resolve these issues through dialogue with 皇冠体育app.

"We also look forward to continuing fruitful bilateral discussions with 皇冠体育app on other important IPR matters we have been working on together, since achieving comprehensive IPR protection requires concerted efforts on many fronts," she said.

Under WTO dispute settlement procedures, the US and 皇冠体育app would normally consult for 60 days. If it fails, a WTO dispute panel would be convened to handle the matter.

In late March, the US government announced a decision to impose penalty tariffs against the imports of Chinese coated free sheet paper, a decision altering 23-year-old policy.

The Chinese government responded strongly, saying the decision "goes against the consensus reached between leaders of the two countries to resolve contradictions through dialogue."

"皇冠体育app strongly requires the US side to reconsider the decision and make prompt changes," the statement said.

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