China has filed a lawsuit via the World Trade Organization's (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism against the U.S. over additional tariffs on Chinese goods, and will proceed with the subsequent procedures in accordance with WTO rules, a Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
The U.S. implemented an additional 10-percent duty on Chinese goods on March 4, adding to the 10-percent tariff imposed in February by the Trump administration. This new duty compounds the tariffs of up to 25 percent that were levied on Chinese imports during Trump's first term.
Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, He Yadong, the ministry spokesman, explained China's legal action against the U.S. tariffs.
"The U.S. imposition of additional tariffs on goods imported from China is a clear example of unilateralism and protectionism, which severely violates WTO rules. In response, China has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. under the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism. On March 14, the U.S. agreed to consultations under the mechanism, and China will proceed with the subsequent procedures in accordance with WTO rules," said spokesman.
China files WTO lawsuit against additional US tariffs: spokesman
China files WTO lawsuit against additional US tariffs: spokesman
China files WTO lawsuit against additional US tariffs: spokesman
The death toll from a landfill collapse in the central Philippine city of Cebu has risen to eight by Monday morning as search and rescue operations continued for another 28 missing people.
The landfill collapse occurred on Thursday as dozens of sanitation workers were working at the site. The disaster has already caused injuries of 18 people.
Family members of the missing people said the rescue progress is slow, and the hope for the survival of their loved ones is fading.
"For me, maybe I’ve accepted the worst result already because the garbage is poisonous and yesterday, it was raining very hard the whole day. Maybe they’ve been poisoned. For us, alive or dead, I hope we can get their bodies out of the garbage rubble," said Maria Kareen Rubin, a family member of a victim.
Families have set up camps on high ground near the landfill, awaiting news of their relatives. Some people at the site said cries for help could still be heard hours after the landfill collapsed, but these voices gradually faded away.
Bienvenido Ranido, who lost his wife in the disaster, said he can't believe all that happened.
"After they gave my wife oxygen, my kids and I were expecting that she would be saved that night because she was still alive. But the night came and till the next morning, they didn't manage to save her," he said.
Death toll in central Philippine landfill collapse rises to eight
