China says U.S. analysis of its WTO practices is void of facts, half-baked

The Chinese ambassador to the World Trade Organization excoriated the U.S. report on “China’s Trade Disruptive Model” in a fiery exchange at the WTO’s General Council meeting last week. Ambassador Zhang Xiangchen picked apart the U.S. report, presented at a July 26 meeting, saying he “felt sorry” for the officials at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative who prepared the report because their work was wasted reinforcing a false view. “I feel a bit sorry for our USTR colleagues...