Australia Loses Trade Dispute With CCP Over Steel Products

‘Australia will engage with China and take steps to implement the [WTO] panel’s findings,’ said Trade Minister Don Farrell.

A worker pushes a cart of steel rims at a factory in Hangzhou, China, on Feb. 18, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Australia has lost a trade dispute with Beijing over steel products following a ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) filed a complaint to the WTO in June 2021, asserting that Australia’s anti-dumping measures on its cheap wind towers, deep-drawn stainless steel sinks, and railway wheels were unfair.