The angry words from China's Ministry of Commerce came after the U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation that could lead to new duties of nearly 100 percent or more on imports of the steel pipes from China.
The new pipes investigation followed President Barack Obama's recent decision to slap a 35 percent duty on tyres made in China. Beijing has also objected to a European Union decision to impose anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese-made seamless steel pipes.
The United States was making China a scapegoat for its homegrown economic woes, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on its website on Saturday (www.mofcom.gov.cn).
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