Lobbyists for foreign companies have said that could violate World Trade Organization rules.
There are specific rules in place under World Trade Organization rules that are there specifically to offset the impact of subsidies.
Chinese dumping practices, which are contrary to World Trade Organization rules, have continued unabated, threatening indigenous African industries and entire labor markets.
Under World Trade Organization rules, governments have the right to issue compulsory licenses to overcome barriers to access to cheaper versions of a patented drug without the consent of the company that invented the drug.
It would also undermine the World Trade Organization's rules and its powers for enforcing them, depriving Washington of its strongest lever of influence over Beijing's economic policies.
"And so far, what we've tried to do is to level the playing field by getting the Chinese to act like us, " by invoking World Trade Organization free trade rules and pressuring Beijing to curtail currency manipulation.
Beijing is entirely within its rights to influence, manipulate, rig or fix currency values, and it is unlikely that Washington can devise retaliatory measures that are not themselves violations of America's trade commitments, especially those spelled out in the rules of the World Trade Organization.
Under rules of the World Trade Organization, a country can apply anti-dumping import tariffs when it can prove that imported goods were sold at below-market prices and caused damage to domestic industry.
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An aide from the Senate Finance Committee says that the bill does not discriminate between U.S. and foreign producers, adding that the cigar tax increase is compliant with the rules of the World Trade Organization.
Government rules restricted foreign investment, and the Middle Kingdom had not yet gained entry to the World Trade Organization.
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