U.S. targets non-market economies in draft WTO decision

摘要

The Trump administration this week escalated its fight against China at the World Trade Organization, proposing a draft General Council decision that would confirm the WTO's commitment to "market-oriented policies" while criticizing non-market policies it has previously attributed to China. The U.S. has frequently argued that China's economy is a hotbed of non-market policies and has labeled China a non-market economy in its antidumping investigations. Washington's criticisms have made their way to the WTO, with the U.S. taking up the market economy cause in recent speeches and General Council remarks, culminating in the draft decision. The U.S. has also argued numerous times that the WTO is not equipped to deal with 21st-century China.