U.S. accuses China of ‘specious’ use of WTO dispute settlement against Canada

China’s challenge of Canadian measures at the World Trade Organization is a “specious” use of the dispute settlement system because Beijing already has imposed retaliatory measures unilaterally, the U.S. argued on Monday. During a Dispute Settlement Body meeting, Washington took an argument it has advanced in its own defense and extended it more broadly – in this case, in a dispute between China and Canada over Ottawa’s duties on some Chinese products, particularly electric vehicles. Beijing retaliated with higher tariffs...