*HONG KONG/GENEVA: China lodges complaint against United States at theWorld Trade Organization forum over $300 billion goods duties.*

China has lodged a complaint against the United States at the World TradeOrganization over US import duties, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said onMonday.

The United States began imposing 15pc tariffs on a variety of Chinese goodson Sunday and China began imposing new duties on US crude oil, the latestescalation in their trade war.

China did not release details of its legal case but said the US tariffsaffected $300 billion of Chinese exports.