Canada's steel import crackdown violates WTO rules, says China

Open this photo in gallery: A worker transfers steel cables at a steel factory in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province on July 16, 2018. Canada’s recent crackdown on imported steel "lacks justification in principle, has no legal basis, and will prove ineffective," says a Chinese embassy spokesperson.The Canadian Press The Chinese embassy in Ottawa criticized duties slapped by Canada this week on Chinese imported steel, saying on Friday they violated World Trade Organization rules and disrupted the global trade order. The embassy statement, in response to questions from Reuters, followed an agreement between Canada and China in June to…