Beijing -- Beijing reacted strongly against the U.S. decision to slap preliminary anti-dumping duties of up to 99 percent on some Chinese oil pipe imports.
Thursday's decision by the U.S. Commerce Department, the latest in the two countries' bilateral trade disputes, comes as President Barack Obama prepares for his first presidential visit to China this month. Earlier disputes relate to tires, automotive parts and chickens.
The official Xinhua news agency called the oil pipe duties the biggest U.S. trade action against China, which resulted after the Commerce Department's preliminary finding that Chinese exporters had sold the tubular goods in the United States "at prices ranging from zero to 99.14 percent less than normal value."
