US Asks China to Rescind Restrictions on Scrap Imports
The U.S. asked China to end its import restrictions on scrap and asked it to consider less trade-restrictive measures at the World Trade Organization. The European Union began the discussion about China's actions on recycled materials, and received support from…
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five other countries critical of the practice. Countries that send scrap to China have been complaining at the WTO for months (see 1708220009), and although it did not end up banning waste imports, the restrictions it did impose are having "a huge impact on the global recycling chain," South Korean representatives said at the WTO on April 20. These restrictions are separate from the 25 percent tariff China is levying on U.S. aluminum scrap in retaliation for the Section 232 tariffs. The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries says that the U.S. exported $2.34 billion in aluminum scrap in 2017, and about half of those exports went to China.