US Challenges China’s Export Duties on Key Raw Materials at WTO

The United States has launched a new trade enforcement action against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over export duties that Beijing charges on nine raw materials, which makes them more expensive for U.S. manufacturers.   The U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement Wednesday that his office is seeking to remove China's export duties ranging from 5 to 20 percent on antimony, cobalt, copper, graphite, lead, magnesia, talc, tantalum and tin, which...

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