US takes two China trade disputes to WTO

The United States said Friday it had taken trade disputes with China over US steel imports and electronic payment services to the World Trade Organisation. The US requested the Geneva-based WTO to establish two panels to settle the disputes, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in a statement.
The WTO action marked an escalation in the long-running list of trade disputes between the world's largest economy and its fast-growing Asian rival. One case addresses China's imposition of antidumping duties and countervailing duties on imports of grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel from the United States, the statement said.
The other case challenges China's allegedly discriminatory and restrictive treatment of US suppliers of electronic payment services.