Mexico accuses China of breaking world trade rules

Mexico issued its fourth World Trade Organization complaint against China, claiming China gives itself tax breaks and other deals. Mexico and China are major competitors in clothing and textiles.

By Tom Miles,?Reuters / October 15, 2012

A worker gathers material at Langsha Socks Group production plant in 2006. Mexico, who competes with china in textile and clothing production, filed a complaint against China with the World Trade Organization.

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Mexico?has accused?China?of breaking?World Trade Organization?rules by giving tax breaks and other favorable deals to its own clothing and textile businesses, the global trade body said on Monday.

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Mexico?filed a complaint with the WTO saying?Beijing?was effectively subsidizing Chinese companies in those sectors by exempting them from income taxes, value-added taxes and municipal taxes, the organization said in a statement.

Other Chinese support that?Mexico?said broke WTO regulations included cash payments from government agencies and discounts on loans, land rights and electricity prices.

It was?Mexico's fourth WTO complaint against?China, a competitor in many sectors including clothing and textiles.

China's use of subsidies and its failure to disclose them to the WTO have been the subject of strong criticism, especially from the?United States.

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