U.S., EU, Japan to Renew Alliance Against China Trade Practices

  • Three economies to work on plans at WTO talks in late-November
  • China’s state aid, market-distorting policies drew criticism

Valdis Dombrovskis, trade commissioner for the European Union.

Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
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The U.S., European Union and Japan will announce Wednesday they will renew their trilateral partnership to address the challenges posed by the non-market policies and practices of countries such as China, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The three plan to meet on the sidelines of the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, at the end of the month where they will aim to set out a work program for the following weeks, one of the people said.