Japan kept up pressure on the United States on Tuesday over a controversial method used by Washington to deal with unfairly priced imports. Japan is asking a World Trade Organisation panel to rule on whether the United States has complied with previous rulings in a dumping case, according to the agenda for the next meeting of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body on April 18, issued on Tuesday.
Japan had previously sought authority to impose up to $250 million a year in extra tariffs on American goods to retaliate against the US method of setting duties on imports Washington says are dumped - unfairly sold more cheaply than at home.