China welcomed a World Trade Organization panel report that backed its claims against Turkiye's restrictions on vehicle imports from China, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.
The panel found the measures inconsistent with WTO rules, an official from the ministry's department of treaty and law said in a statement.
Since 2023, Turkiye has introduced a series of restrictive measures on electric, hybrid and other vehicles imported from China, including additional tariffs and import licensing requirements, the official said.
The measures violated multilateral trade rules on tariff bindings, national treatment and most favored nation treatment, seriously harming China's legitimate trade interests and China-Turkiye economic and trade ties, the official explained.
"China urges Turkiye to respect the WTO panel's ruling, take concrete action and bring the measures into conformity with WTO rules as soon as possible," the official added.
