WTO Sides With U.S. Over Exports of Chicken to China

The U.S. has won its case over China, proving that the country’s imposition of higher duties on chicken “broiler products” is unjustified under international trade rules. The World Trade Organization found that China violated numerous WTO obligations while conducting an investigation that China imposed anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties on chicken imports from the United States. Enforcement of the duties created an 80 percent drop in American broiler chicken exports to China. This is the second of three recent WTO disputes in which the United States has challenged flaws in China’s administration of antidumping and countervailing duty measures. The United States was successful in the first two disputes and is actively litigating the third. Learn more.