Mokhatlo oa China oa Iron and Steel Industry Association le China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association o fane ka polelo mabapi le qeto ea WTO ea hore litefiso tsa US steel aluminium 232 li tlotse melao ea WTO.

Indasteri ea tšepe le tšepe ea Chaena le liindasteri tsa aluminium esale li tsepamisitse maikutlo ho fihlela litlhoko tsa lehae le ho fihlela nts'etsopele ea boleng bo holimo. Dithomelontle tsa China tsa ditshipi le dihlahiswa tsa aluminium ho ya United States di etsa karolo e nyane le bongata. Khoebo le tšebelisano-'moho pakeng tsa liindasteri tsa linaha tsena tse peli li itšetlehile ka ho tlatsana ho matla pakeng tsa liindasteri tsa tšepe le aluminium tsa United States le Chaena 'me li thehiloe ka ho feletseng holim'a molao-motheo oa ho rekisa ka toka. Ha e na kotsi ho United States feela empa e boetse e tsoela bareki molemo ka tlaase le ho khothalletsa nts'etsopele ea masimo a amehang United States. Ho tloha ka 2010, liindasteri tsa tšepe le aluminium tsa China li se li qalile ho felisa matla a tlhahiso ea khale, 'me ho tloha ka 2016, li kentse tšebetsong phetoho ea sebopeho sa phepelo ho fokotsa haholo matla a tlhahiso ea tšepe le electrolytic aluminium. Ho fihlela joale, indasteri ea tšepe le aluminium ea China e ntse e laola ka thata matla a macha a tlhahiso mme e boetse e behile siling ea bokhoni ba tlhahiso. Phetoho ena e fihletse litholoana tse babatsehang, e khothalelitseng ka katleho nts'etsopele e phetseng hantle le e tsitsitseng ea indasteri ea lefats'e ea tšepe le aluminium.

Ho tloha ka la 23 Hlakubele 2018, United States e behile litefiso tsa 25% le 10% ho lihlahisoa tsa tšepe le aluminium tse tsoang kantle ho naha ho sireletsa tšireletso ea naha. Ka lebaka la tlōlo ea molao ea WTO, mohato ona ha oa ka oa hanyetsoa feela ke litho tse ngata tsa WTO empa hape o ile oa nyatsuoa haholo United States.

Kahlolo ea sehlopha sa litsebi tsa WTO e paka ka tieo hore United States, lebitsong la ts'ireletso ea naha, e sebelisa lehlakore le le leng le ts'ireletso, 'me e sentse haholo tsamaiso ea khoebo ea linaha tse ngata. Indasteri ea tšepe ea Chaena le indasteri ea aluminium e tšepa hore lehlakore la US le tla hlompha qeto ea phanele le melao ea WTO, ho lokisa mehato e seng molaong kapele kamoo ho ka khonehang, ho felisa litefiso tsa 232, ho sebetsa le Chaena ho theha tikoloho e ntle ea khoebo ea machaba ea tšepe le aluminium le taolo, le ho boloka ka kopanelo tsamaiso ea khoebo ea linaha tse ngata.