China threatens Canada with countermeasures over steel import curbs

Canada imposed additional tariffs earlier this week on steel imports from all countries containing steel melted and poured in China before the end of July.

China’s commerce ministry called on Canada to correct the “wrong practice” of restrictions on steel imports and said in a statement on Friday it would take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese firms.

Ottawa this week introduced a tariff rate quota for countries with which it has free trade agreements, excluding the U.S., and imposed additional tariffs on steel imports from all countries containing steel melted and poured in China before the end of July.

–Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; editing by Barbara Lewis