The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on the 2nd that the US has filed a lawsuit against the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the “fourth” of additional tariffs on the imported goods from China that were launched on the 1st.
The ministry said in a statement, “The additional tariff measures by the United States are in great opposition to the common understanding of the summit meeting in Osaka by both Central and South American countries. "I will firmly defend the international trade order."
China has previously filed an additional US tariff with the WTO. (Beijing = Naoyuki Fukuda)