U.S. restricts imports of Chinese poultry meat to China requires WTO expert Group trial

China News agency, Beijing, June 24 (Xinhua Ongyang) 23rd, the Chinese Government, through its Permanent Mission to the WTO, wrote to the Chairman of the WTO dispute Settlement body, asking the WTO dispute settlement body to set up a panel of experts to examine U.S. measures to restrict imports of Chinese poultry meat. 24th, Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman Yao Jian spoke to this.　　Yao pointed out that the U.S. measures in violation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Agreement on Agriculture and other relevant WTO rules, has obvious discrimination, resulting in Chinese poultry products can not normal exports to the United States, damaging the legitimate interests of the Chinese poultry industry, the Chinese industry has been strongly opposed. Yao said that the Chinese side made a request for consultations under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism April 17 this year. Since then, the two sides have held consultations, but the consultations did not address China's concerns.　　Therefore, it is the legitimate right of China as a WTO member to request the WTO to set up a panel of experts to hear the case. Yao said he hoped the US side would attach great importance to China's strong concerns and resolve the issue as soon as possible under the WTO dispute settlement.