UE, EE.UU. y Japón denuncian a China ante OMC por tierras raras
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La OMC, con sede en Ginebra, ya declaró en los meses pasados ilegal la restricción de Pekín a la exportación de este tipo de metales, como el escandio o lantano, que se emplean en la industria de las telecomunicaciones y la informática.
Denuncia "precipitada e injusta", dice China
China lamentó la decisión adoptada por Bruselas, Washington y Tokio y aseguró que defendería sus derechos comerciales. "Nos estamos preparando para defendernos y explicaremos el caso si nos demandan", afirmó a la agencia estatal Xinhua el ministro chino de Industria y Tecnología de la Información, Miao Wei.
En otro comentario, Xinhua calificó la demanda de "precipitada e injusta" y aseguró que cualquier acción contra China podría "dañar las relaciones comerciales" con el país.
Gigante asiático controla tierras raras
Las tierras raras integran un conjunto de 17 elementos químicos de los cuales China controla el 95 por ciento de la producción global. El domingo, Miao anunció que la cuota de exportación de estos elementos para 2012 sería la misma que la del año pasado.
"No tiene fundamento culpar a China de no vender o de controlar las exportaciones de tierras raras", apuntó Miao. "La realidad es que muchas empresas extranjeras están reduciendo su uso", agregó.
Fuente: dpa
Editora: Rosa Muñoz Lima