The trade war between the world's top two economies landed at the World Trade Organization today, as the United States demanded a "reckoning" over China's membership in the body.
China's WTO "trade policy review" -- scheduled before Washington lit the fuse on a tariff battle with Beijing -- served as a new front in the widening economic confrontation between the two powers.
In a report submitted ahead of the three day review, China insisted it had "been a strong advocate for free trade" since joining the WTO in 2001 and "comprehensively fulfilled its commitments."
"If the WTO is to remain relevant to the international trading system, change is necessary."
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