China is optimistic over end to US poultry ban

China hopes the US' ban on Chinese poultry imports can be resolved soon.

 

China hopes the US can give importance to China's concerns over a poultry import ban dispute and resolve it by World Trade Organisation (WTO) procedures, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian said in a statement on Wednesday (Jun 24).

 

 

Under Section 727 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, which was signed into US law in March, none of the funds made available in the Omnibus Appropriations Act can be used to import China's poultry products.

 

Yao added that China wrote on Tuesday (Jun 23) to the chairman of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body through the Permanent Mission of China to the WTO, requiring it to establish an expert panel to investigate the US import ban on Chinese poultry.