Beijing's decision to impose 100 percent special duties on three products imported from Japan is against bilateral and multilateral trade rules, trade chief Takeo Hiranuma said Friday.
Beijing informed Japan on Thursday that it imposed the special duties starting Friday on automobiles, mobile phones and air conditioners imported from Japan in response to Tokyo's temporary import curbs on three farm products.
"Under the rules of the World Trade Organization, such a retaliatory action is not allowed. It is not acceptable from the viewpoint of the bilateral trade agreement (between Japan and China)," Hiranuma told a regular news conference.