BEIJING: China's commerce ministry launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of a widely used production chemical from the European Union on Saturday, less than a week before the bloc's trade chief was due in Beijing for talks.
A spokesman for Beijing's commerce ministry said China's domestic industry had requested the investigation into whether imports from the EU of low-priced p-nitrotoluene were flooding the Chinese market, complaining of "damage to production and operations".
The chemical is used in the production of dyes, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides.
