The Chinese government was strongly opposed to the US’s decision on June 26 to launch anti-dumping and countervailing investigations against wire mesh pallets from China. This is the third trade case filed by the US against steel imports from China in nearly ten days following the June 17 investigation on steel wire strand and the June 19 case on steel grating. According to China, these moves not only sent a wrong message of trade protectionism to the United States and international community, but also seriously harmed the interests of downstream sectors in the US.