http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d594245e-600a-11de-a09b-00144feabdc0.html

The US and the European Union on Tuesday raised the stakes in a growing dispute with China lodging a joint case at the World Trade Organisation over export quotas on raw materials in the latest sign of friction over trade.

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