WTO says Australian duties on Chinese steel products were flawed

Reuters - 27/03
A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has found that duties imposed by Australia in a steel products dispute with China were flawed - a ruling that Canberra said it accepted.
BERLIN/SYDNEY, March 27 (Reuters) - A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has found that duties imposed by Australia in a steel products dispute with China were flawed - a ruling that Canberra said it accepted.
China launched the complaint in June 2021 - during a period of intense bilateral political and trade tensions - over anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on railway wheels, wind towers and stainless steel sinks.
In all three categories, the WTO said Australia's investigating authority, the Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC), had acted inconsistently with some articles of its rules.
Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said in a statement that the panel had found some technical issues with how the duties were calculated.
"Australia will engage with China ...
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