China Launches WTO Challenge Over New U.S. Anti-Subsidy Tariffs

China, U.S. Battle Over Subsidies
A Chinese man, right, adjusts a Chinese flag before Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's joint press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Feng Li, Pool)
A Chinese man, right, adjusts a Chinese flag before Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's joint press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Feng Li, Pool)

GENEVA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - China filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a new U.S. law on "countervailing duties", or tariffs intended to combat export-promoting subsidies.

The complaint, filed hours after the United States said it would launch a wide-ranging trade complaint against China's support for car exports, potentially affects close to 30 products that have previously been targeted by U.S. duties, a trade official familiar with the case said.

In a brief statement, the WTO said the products included steel, tires, magnets, chemicals, kitchen appliances, wood flooring and wind towers.

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