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WTO backs China in US poultry case: Chinese media

(AFP) – 2 hours ago

BEIJING — The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled in China's favour in
a dispute with the United States over imports of Chinese chicken, state
media reported Thursday.

China's commerce ministry has received the final ruling from the WTO, which
is expected to come into effect soon and help open up the US market for
China's finished chicken breast exports, the China Daily said.

"It (the final ruling) will be announced in one or two months, and the
result is... China wins," the report said, citing an unnamed source within
the ministry.

A ministry official confirmed to AFP that China had received the WTO ruling,
but declined further comment.

Beijing says Washington is breaching international trade rules through
several measures including an appropriations bill, which it says result in a
complete ban on imports of Chinese poultry.

The WTO set up a panel in July last year to examine the complaint following
China's request.

China and the United States halted imports of each other's poultry in 2004
over fears about the spread of bird flu.

Imports of some US poultry products to China have since been resumed but
Chinese officials have complained that the United States continues to hold
up reciprocal imports of Chinese poultry.

China and the United States have been at loggerheads over a range of trade
issues including a spat over China's currency, which critics say is kept
undervalued by Beijing to give its exporters an unfair advantage.

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