EU calls on Friday in China WTO exclude imports from EU countries to impose anti-dumping duties on steel dispute.
The EU said in a press release that it failed in July after consultation request to the WTO, in Chinese imports from EU countries, high-performance stainless steel seamless pipe levies to resolve the dispute.
EU trade spokesman John Clancy said in a statement: "The EU will continue to fight against unfair Chinese trade protection measures, which does not comply with WTO rules and often seem to be out of revenge."
But Beijing said duty is to protect Chinese companies.
Analyst Zhang Lin in June, the EU complained to the WTO on the Chinese Ministry of Commerce official website released a statement saying: "This is not retaliation, but to protect the domestic steel trade.
The statement said that China's steel products are often subject of anti-dumping investigations in the overseas market. "This is a reasonable and logical measures to fight back," Zhang said.
China and the EU have been embroiled in a series of trade TIFF format. China's solar panels to resolve disputes in July, the Chinese company agreed to set a minimum price. Meanwhile, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Shen Danyang said last week that Beijing continues to investigate whether the EU has poured wine and silicon products in China.
China to implement high-performance steel imports from EU countries and Japan in 2012, from 9.2 to 14.4%, ranging from anti-dumping duties.
The EU said the duties has greatly impeded their access to the Chinese market, WTO negotiations - joined the Japanese and held in mid-July - was unsuccessful.
 



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