According to the “Global Times” report, the U.S. government claimed on the 19th that the Chinese government provided disguised subsidies to export-oriented companies and “undermined fair global trade” and filed a complaint with the WTO.
According to Voice of America, U.S. Trade Representative Schwab said on the 19th that China “clearly still uses methods that violate WTO rules” and the United States is uneasy about this. Schwab and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gutierrez said these policies use measures to promote Chinese brand goods that harm the interests of American workers and businesses.
According to reports, the U.S. government stated that China’s “trade protectionist policy” subsidizes exported goods to promote the export of specific brands of goods, including textiles, refrigerators, pharmaceuticals, chemical products and other commodities.
According to the WTO dispute settlement procedure, after one party files a complaint, the two parties to the dispute should first try to resolve the issue through consultation. The consultation period is generally 60 days. If the consultations are fruitless, the complaining party will be able to take the next step in the dispute settlement process, which is to request the WTO to set up an expert group to investigate and rule on the case.
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, if China and the United States cannot resolve the dispute through negotiations and the WTO makes a ruling in favor of the United States, the United States will be able to impose economic sanctions on China.
In fact, the U.S. government has repeatedly complained to the WTO about China’s so-called “illegal trade subsidies.” From November 2006 to August 2007 alone, the U.S. launched five consecutive anti-dumping cases against Chinese goods. and countervailing’ combined investigations. Domestic media believe that in the frequent trade exchanges between China and the United States, friction is inevitable, but the United States’ deliberate hype and exaggeration is actually taking advantage of loopholes in WTO rules.
Chen Taifeng, executive director of the China WTO Research Association, once expressed his views on this issue, saying, “From the perspective of China’s foreign trade environment, the form of trade barriers has transitioned from visible and tangible traditional trade to new trade barriers involving macro public opinion. . It is invisible and intangible, but it can vilify the image of Chinese products.”
