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ReutersBEIJING, Aug 17 (Reuters) - China said on Monday it will challenge a World Trade Organisation ruling against its restrictions on imported films, books and audio-visual products, continuing its sparring with Washington over trade access.
Beijing said last week it may appeal against the WTO panel's ruling, which upheld key parts of a U.S. complaint about China's controls on cultural products, which Washington says hurt publishers, Hollywood and entertainment multinationals.
Now a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has said that appeal will certainly go ahead.
"We think it was improper for the WTO not to reject the U.S. request," the spokesman, Yao Jian, told a news conference in Beijing. "Based on the WTO schedule, we are preparing the documents necessary to lodge an appeal."
Yao did not give any other details of China's appeal.
The continued dispute will add to the trade friction pitting Beijing against Washington.
President Barack Obama must decide by Sept. 17 whether to restrict imports of car and light truck tyres from China in a case that could unleash a flood of requests from other industries if he gives the nod.
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