‘Up Is Down’ in the Crazy World of the China-U.S. WTO Clash
- World Trade Organization holds general council meeting
- U.S. representative says China is the real threat to trade
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A U.S. envoy to the World Trade Organization condemned China’s trade policy and said Beijing’s exhortations against protectionism have “entered the realm of Alice in Wonderland.”
“It is amazing to watch a country that is the world’s most protectionist, mercantilist economy position itself as the self-proclaimed defender of free trade and the global trading system,” Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Dennis Shea said on Tuesday. “White is black. Up is down.”