China welcomes WTO panel ruling

China welcomed a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel ruling that the US had acted inconsistently with WTO rules with regard to its countervailing and anti-dumping measures on certain products from China, Shen Danyang, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said Thursday.

The WTO panel report found that the US failed to adjust the duty amounts so as to avoid double remedies in 25 anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations against China initiated between 2006 and 2012, which was inconsistent with the WTO rules.

Shen said China welcomes the panel's ruling, and urged the US to rectify trade -remedy measures to ensure a fair competition environment for Chinese companies.

However, the panel said that the US -application of countervailing measures to non-market economy countries does not disobey WTO rules. Shen said the Chinese side feels regret at the ruling by the experts group.