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China says will use all necessary means to defend interests against U.S. trade probe

FILE PHOTO: A man rides his motorcycle past shipping containers at the Port of Shanghai February 14, 2011.

China will use all necessary means to defend the interests of the country and its companies against a U.S. trade investigation, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

The ministry on Monday expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the U.S. launch of the probe into China's alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property, calling it "irresponsible".

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