중국, WTO에 미국 제소...9월 협상일정 조율 난항<br />Trade tensions between the world's two superpowers are escalating.... with no agreement from the U.S. and China on when to hold their next round trade talks.<br />In the meantime, China has lodged a complaint with the WTO over America's tariffs.<br />Our Hong Yoo has more.<br />China has lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization over Washington's tariffs... that it says affect 300 billion U.S. dollars of Chinese exports.<br />The move comes after the U.S. imposed new duties on Sunday of 15 percent on 125 billion dollars worth of goods.<br />Regarding the complaint, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said in a statement on Monday that the tariffs violate WTO regulations and demolish international rule and trade order.<br />Beijing said it plans to protect its legitimate rights and interests in accordance with the relevant WTO regulations, and also protect the multilateral trading system.<br />This is the third time China has lodged a complaint with the WTO over President Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods.<br />With the escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China, the world's two economic superpowers seem less likely to sit down for negotiations in September.<br />Despite President Trump putting in efforts to make it look as if trade talks are making progress, Bloomberg reports that they have failed to reach a basic agreement on when to meet to discuss the trade dispute.<br />Bloomberg cited people familiar with the discussions who asked not to be identified, and clarified this is not a sign that the meeting will not happen but that it will take time.<br />China had made a request over the past week to delay new tariffs, but the U.S. did not back down and the tariffs took effect over the weekend.<br />Now that another complaint has been filed, the U.S. will have to settle the latest dispute within 60 days under WTO rules.<br />Hong Yoo, Arirang News.<br />
