China News Service, December 13. According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, the person in charge of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Commerce responded to reporters' questions about China's lawsuit against the United States at the WTO for abusing export control measures to restrict trade in products such as chips. He pointed out that China filed a lawsuit at the WTO through Addressing China's concerns through legal means is a necessary way to defend its legitimate rights and interests.
A reporter asked: It is reported that China filed a lawsuit at the WTO on December 12 against the United States' export control measures such as chips to China.
What is the comment of the Ministry of Commerce?
The person in charge said that on December 12, 2022, China will refer the US export control measures to China's chips and other products to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism.
The person in charge pointed out that in recent years, the United States has continuously generalized the concept of national security, abused export control measures, hindered the normal international trade of chips and other products, threatened the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain, disrupted the international economic and trade order, violated international economic and trade rules, and violated basic economic laws. , harming the interests of global peace and development, is a typical practice of trade protectionism.
The person in charge said that China's filing of the lawsuit at the WTO is to resolve China's concerns through legal means and is a necessary way to defend its legitimate rights and interests.
China hopes that the U.S. will give up its zero-sum game thinking, correct its mistakes in a timely manner, stop disrupting the trade of high-tech products such as chips, maintain normal economic and trade exchanges between China and the United States, and maintain the stability of the global supply chain of important industrial chains such as chips.