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The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth.

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China Brings US Trade Actions To WTO For Consultations

China has asked for consultations at the World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body on countervailing duty measures applied by the U.

S. against 22 Chinese products, including solar panels, a statement posted on the Commerce Ministry's website said Friday.The measures also were related to paper and steel products and affected $7.29 billion of Chinese exports to the U.S., Commerce Ministry spokesman Shen Danyang said in the statement.U.S. actions on subsidy calculations and in determining that China's export restrictions were "effectively a subsidy" are violations of WTO rules, Shen added.Trade tensions between the U.S. and China have mounted in recent years, with the U.S. taking a tough stance on Chinese export restrictions on resources, such as rare earths.The U.S. has also launched investigations into the pricing of a wide range of Chinese products and imposed anti-dumping or anti-subsidy duties on steel products and solar panels. China has begun an investigation of U.S. clean...

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