Canada has filed an expansive 32 page complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing the US of breaking international trade rules.The complaint challenges the ways that the US investigates products for subsidies and below-cost sales.Among other charges, Canada says the US improperly calculates rates and restricts parties from presenting evidence to defend themselves, with a cut-off for supplying information that comes too early in the process.It also accuses the US International Trade Commission of being biased since disputes over which the body’s six commissioners are evenly divided automatically result in a finding for the US.The US called the claims “unfounded”.The action comes amid disputes between the two countries over areas such as dairy, aircraft sales and lumber as well as efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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