NEWS UPDATE: Chicken industry calls China's investigation 'unjustified'
China has requested a dispute resolution panel from the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the appropriations provision.
The United States exported 436,544 metric tons of chicken, valued at $376 million, to China in the first seven months of 2009. In 2008, the chicken trade with China totaled 757, 786 metric tons valued at $682 million.