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Trade Dispute over US Ban of Chinese Poultry

As the shadow of the financial crisis looms over national economies,  government’s worries about protectionist measures of their trade partners spread. A recent example for this can be found in the China’s recent displeasure about the US rules on Chinese poultry. This regulation blocks imports of Chinese poultry products because of the alleged health risk they pose to US consumers. While it seems that China is currently not intending to bring the matter before the WTO Dispute Settlement System, there seems to be increasing disenchantment over the US measures. As Reuters reports, the Chinese ambassador angrily stated that “any trainee…