Continuing with its criticisms on the US, China on Monday criticized a US probe on Beijing s support to renewable energy producers in the country.
According to China s National Energy Bureau, country s subsidies to clean energy companies are very small compared to those the US gives to its green energy sector.
The U.S. Trade Representative s office launched the investigation Friday at the request of the powerful United Steelworkers union.
The union claims China s green technology practices discriminate against foreign firms, in violation of World Trade Organization rules.
The bureau said Washington gave $4.6 billion in cash to new energies firms in the first nine months of this year, including $3 billion to wind power enterprises.
The American steelworkers claim that unlike the United States, China is using subsidies to help exports, a practice prohibited by the WTO.
On Saturday, China s Ministry of Commerce issued a statement calling the U.S. union s complaint groundless and irresponsible.
A ministry official said the probe is sending the signal that Washington does not support China s efforts at improving the environment.
According to China s National Energy Bureau, country s subsidies to clean energy companies are very small compared to those the US gives to its green energy sector.
The U.S. Trade Representative s office launched the investigation Friday at the request of the powerful United Steelworkers union.
The union claims China s green technology practices discriminate against foreign firms, in violation of World Trade Organization rules.
The bureau said Washington gave $4.6 billion in cash to new energies firms in the first nine months of this year, including $3 billion to wind power enterprises.
The American steelworkers claim that unlike the United States, China is using subsidies to help exports, a practice prohibited by the WTO.
On Saturday, China s Ministry of Commerce issued a statement calling the U.S. union s complaint groundless and irresponsible.
A ministry official said the probe is sending the signal that Washington does not support China s efforts at improving the environment.
