MEXICO FILES COMPLAINT WITH WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AGAINST CHINESE SUBSIDIES.

SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico, March, 2007

Mexico has filed a complaint against China with the World Trade Organization (WTO) charging the Asian nation with providing illegal subsidies to manufacturers. The Secretaria de Economia (SE), which handles trade matters, said the complaint was filed because imports of illegally subsidized Chinese products continue to displace Mexican products on the domestic market. Among the industries that have suffered most from unfair Chinese competition are textiles and apparel, footwear, toys, and even handicrafts and dried chiles (see SourceMex, 2004-12-08, 2005-08-03, and 2005-09-07). SE officials say China's unfair practices are also hurting Mexican manufacturers of steel, computers, wood, and paper, and producers of information technology.

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