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U.S. Challenges China At WTO Over 'Discriminatory' Taxation Of Imported Aircraft

December 8, 2015 at 12:37 PM
Corrected: The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday (Dec. 8) requested consultations with China at the World Trade Organization over allegedly discriminatory value-added tax (VAT) measures affecting regional jets and other smaller aircraft that have been in effect in various iterations since 2000. The measures at issue subject imported foreign aircraft weighing 25 metric tons or less to a 17 percent VAT but exempt Chinese-made aircraft in that class from the tax, according to U.S. trade...

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