9-14 news: China investigating dumping of chicken imports
Coincidentally, the investigation came two days after President Barack Obama imposed tariffs on imports of Chinese tires, according to Bloomberg reports. The tariffs started at 35 percent on $1.8 billion of tire imports after a United Steelworkers Union complaint. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce had opposed the decision and threatened to take their complaint to the World Trade Organization.
Should the Chinese government decide that chicken products had been “dumped” in the country, it could subject those prices to stiff tariffs as well, leaving the imports at a competitive disadvantage against those chicken products produced in China.