China has filed a lawsuit with the WTO over new US duties on Chinese goods

China has filed a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in connection with the decision The United States to increase duties on Chinese goods. As they say on March 4th in in a statementfrom the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, Beijing intends to protect its legitimate rights and interests.

"China has repeatedly stated that unilateral US duties violate WTO rules and undermine the multilateral trading system. Not only will they not solve their own problems, but they will also damage Sino-American economic and trade cooperation," the document says.

China also called on the United States to respect the rights and interests of other countries and immediately lift "unreasonable unilateral tariffs" that harm themselves and disrupt the international trade and economic order.

Empire strikes back: US to impose duties on the rest of the world

Duties will be set according to criteria to be established in Washington, DC

Earlier on March 4, the US president Donald Trump, accused China of failing to combat drug trafficking, and doubled import duties on goods from China from 10% to 20%. The politician pointed out the inability of the country's government to take measures to curb the steady influx of synthetic opioids into the United States, which poses a threat, the source of which is located outside the state.

On February 4, the State Council of the People's Republic of China reported that from February 10 China imposes duties of 15% on coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States. In addition, it was noted that tariffs of 10% will be levied on American oil, multicompact cars, pickups and agricultural machinery.