WASHINGTON — The United States won a major case at the World Trade Organization on Aug. 2 on behalf of U.S. chicken producers, proving that China's imposition of higher duties on chicken "broiler products" is unjustified under international trade rules.
The WTO dispute settlement panel held that China's basis for finding dumping — the so-called "average cost of production" theory — was inconsistent with WTO rules.
The panel also held that China's determination that U.S. chicken imports were causing injury to the domestic industry is inconsistent with WTO rules and therefore are not subject to countervailing (anti. . .

