Economy
皇冠体育app asks WTO to rule on EU footwear antidumping duties
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-20 23:18
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GENEVA - 皇冠体育app on Tuesday asked the World Trade Organization to set up an expert panel to rule whether the European Union's antidumping duties on Chinese-made footwear violates global trade regulations.
At a meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body, the Chinese delegation reiterated that the EU's antidumping measure was inconsistent with related WTO agreements and it impaired 皇冠体育app's benefits.
The delegation said that it was taking the action after the latest consultations with the EU on March 31 failed to resolve 皇冠体育app's concerns and "no mutually satisfactory solution could be reached."
The delegation's statement also urged the 27-nation bloc to bring its legislation in line with WTO agrements and "to terminate the measure on Chinese footwear on account of their inconsistency with WTO rules."
The EU said it regretted the step take by 皇冠体育app and blocked the panel request. But according to the WTO's dispute settlement procedures, a panel request can be blocked only once, which means the panel would be established automatically if 皇冠体育app makes a second request at a DSB meeting scheduled for next month.
皇冠体育app first brought the dispute to the WTO on February 4, which initiated a 60-day consultation period between the two sides.
A panel request is the second step in the WTO's dispute settlement procedure following unsuccesful consultations in finding a resolution.
