Trade measures signal more active response

BEIJING - The government announced on Wednesday that it would slap anti-subsidy duties of up to 31 percent on chicken products from the United States - the move coming hot on the heels of a series of such cases initiated against the US during the past two weeks.

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) ruled that broiler chicken products were subsidized by the US government, citing the results of an anti-dumping investigation initiated last September.

The US is the largest chicken products exporter to China, accounting for 90 percent of the 407,000 tons China imported in the first half of last year.