US urged to 'correct wrongdoings'

China's commerce minister on Thursday urged the United States to "correct its wrongdoings of abusing trade remedies" after the world's top trade body recently sided with China in challenging the US trade measures against Chinese products.

"We strongly urge the US to seriously look at its long-lasting and systematic legislations and practices that are inconsistent with world trade rules, and sincerely implement the rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization as well as promptly and comprehensively correct its wrongdoings of abusing trade remedies," Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said in a statement on the ministry's website.

"The US should be an example of strictly following (world trade) rules rather than a bad example of breaking the rules. The US, in particular, shoulders more responsibilities in upholding multilateral trading rules and opposing protectionism when the global economy is under slow recovery," Gao said.