Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 1/19/18



The World Trade Organization ruled Thursday that China failed to comply with the body’s earlier ruling against the country’s punitive tariffs on U.S. chicken. 

The latest ruling orders Beijing to lower its tariffs, but the Chinese government can appeal the decision within 20 days.
China initially imposed duties on U.S. poultry in September 2010 after accusing the U.S. of subsidizing the poultry products that were then dumped in China at below-markets prices. The anti-dumping duties on U.S. chicken products were up to 105.4 percent and anti-subisdy duties up to 30.3 percent.

Washington originally lodged a complaint with the WTO in 2011 that China’s anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties violated international trade law. WTO agreed, and China was ordered to lower the tariffs.

China lowered them to 73.8 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively, but the U.S. returned to the WTO in 2016 contending that China didn’t fully comply with the earlier ruling.

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