China Asks For WTO Consultations with US Over Duties On Aluminum Foil

China has submitted a request for supplementary consultations under the World Trade Organization dispute-resolution mechanism with the U.S. over the October 27 decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to impose antidumping duties on imports of Chinese aluminum foil. China is arguing the U.S. made the determination based on what Beijing counters is an expired clause in their WTO accession agreement, which allows WTO members to use a third country's prices to determine if goods are being dumped."Regrettably, the United States has ignored the expiration of Article 15 ... and still persists in its erroneous practice of continuing to use the 'third country' method in its anti-dumping investigations on imported products of China in violation of its obligation to WTO rules," the ministry said, according to Reuters who first reported the China request November 6. The U.S. Commerce Department last week released a lengthy document outlining the process it used to make the duty decision, arguing China's economy is still not a market-based economy due to the level of control their central government exerts.