The US decision comes less than a month after Bush toured East Asia, urging Japan to overhaul its long-cosseted economy and calling on China to live up to its pledges as a new member of the WTO and promote free trade.
Trade envoys in Geneva said the tariff row could seriously damage newly launched global free trade talks, undermining the goodwill won by the US in agreeing to discuss sensitive issues in the so-called Doha Round.
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