Paper Industry News
WTO ruling on coated paper row sought
Friday, 14, May 2010
China is planning to lodge an appeal with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in June against the anti-dumping duties imposed by the United States on coated paper imports, a source familiar with the matter told China Daily on Monday.The appeal would be the fifth such instance of China seeking relief against the US at the court of the international trade arbitrator after the recent tire dispute.
The source said China is concerned that the US has rejected its application to recognize the coated paper industry is highly market-oriented, the first such application made in the past six years.China, however, remains confident that the WTO will consider the appeal fairly and the US would eventually acknowledge the coated paper sector is a market-oriented industry, the source said. This will be important for China to finally get US recognition of the nation's market economy status (MES).
