China says concerned
about EU protectionism on steel imports
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[November 12, 2016]
BEIJING
(Reuters) - China is greatly concerned about the European Union's
protectionist measures against Chinese steel products, the commerce
ministry said on Saturday.
"The Chinese side has expressed great concerns and worries about the
EU's trade protectionist tendency over steel," the ministry said in a
statement on its website.
The ministry was responding to the EU's latest decision to take
temporary anti-dumping measures against imports of Chinese seamless
steel pipes, based on preliminary investigations, it said.
A worldwide steel glut has stoked trade disputes between China, the
world's top maker of the construction material, and other producers such
as the United States and the European Union.
High duties levied on Chinese products could seriously hurt Chinese
companies, the ministry said.
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"China is willing to strengthen exchanges and communication with the
European side and properly solve problems that the steel industry is
facing," it said.
(Reporting by Coco Li and Kevin Yao; Editing by Muralikumar
Anantharaman)
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