Source: Tom Miles, REUTERS, 3/16/17

China responded to U.S. questions about its state trading enterprises in a World Trade Organization filing on Thursday that looked unlikely to end U.S. suspicions that China is breaking WTO rules. China's five page response suggested that U.S. concerns were misplaced, and said its state firms conducted "market-based operations without government intervention", or imported for other firms on commission but with no mark-up.

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