China Requests WTO Dispute Panel Over Australian AD/CV Duties

China asked the World Trade Organization to set up a dispute panel to look at Australia’s antidumping measures on Chinese wind towers, stainless steel sinks and certain railway wheels, as well as Australian countervailing duties on Chinese stainless steel sinks, the WTO said Jan. 14. Australia’s trade minister said Jan. 15 that he’s “confident our measures are consistent” with WTO obligations and plans to “robustly defend them.”