China Counter-Challenges US Over Subsidies at WTO

I wish I could say that this development is in any way surprising, but, well, that's just not true (emphasis mine): Solar manufacturers including the U.S. unit of SolarWorld AG (SWV) are preparing a trade complaint against imports from China, as they seek help from President Barack Obama to counter subsidies to their competitors, according to people familiar with the matter.

GENEVA (Reuters) - China has filed a complaint at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to challenge U.S.

China has filed a complaint at the World Trade Organisation to challenge U.S. countervailing duties, tariffs charged on Chinese goods that the United States considers to be unfairly subsidized. The WTO ...

Tomorrow, the US Department of Commerce is expected to announce preliminary anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panels in the latest chapter of the US-China dispute over trade in "green" goods.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Union launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday accusing the United States of failing to withdraw subsidies for Boeing by Sept 23, as required by an earlier WTO ruling. The EU's complaint is part of a seven-year trade battle between Washington and Brussels over subsidies for Boeing and Airbus . Both have won WTO rulings that the other paid billions of dollars of illegal subsidies to its aircraft industry. The U.S. ...

The long list of trade disputes between the United States and China lengthened further, as Washington asked the WTO to examine subsidies to the Chinese wind power sector.Just weeks before President Hu Jintao's January visit to the United States, the US government said it had asked the World Trade Organization to deal with allegedly illegal subsidies that favor Chinese manufacturing firms.The United States alleges China offers multi-million-dollar grants to only companies making turbines and other equipment with Chinese parts, a violation of trade rules.

The long list of trade disputes between the United States and China lengthened further, as Washington asked the WTO to examine subsidies to the Chinese wind power sector.Just weeks before President Hu Jintao's January visit to the United States, the US government said it had asked the World Trade Organization to deal with allegedly illegal subsidies that favor Chinese manufacturing firms.The United States alleges China offers multi-million-dollar grants to only companies making turbines and other equipment with Chinese parts, a violation of trade rules.