China continuous 16 years as anti-dumping investigation countries

No suspense, China will continuously 16 years become the world's anti-dumping investigations than any other country. According to the World Trade Organization (WTO) 6, published by the anti-dumping investigation report, the first half of 2010, 19 members of the WTO has launched a total of 69 up anti-dumping investigation, down 29%. But China is still the antidumping investigation of the "hardest hit" 29 times become anti-dumping investigation "care objects". Chinese export commodities (mainly metals, chemicals and plastics) is also being investigated most commodity, accounting for the total amount of the anti-dumping investigation 1/3, but the beginning of 2009, the volume has decreased by 17%.

However, some experts warn that the decline in the number of anti-dumping cases does not demonstrate trade protectionist forces weakened, many trade protection tricks are more subtle, indirect way encroach upon the pure land of the free trade.

Protectionism "firepower" Champ

Heap for turbulent flow will shore. China export because ranked one of the early bird catches the gun.

"At present, the Chinese situation is the normalization of trade friction. "Department of Commerce Institute researcher Li Jian in an interview with this newspaper. He said that this is not difficult to understand, because China has become the world's biggest exporters, the export product quantity, amount, the varieties are growing, and the main trade remedy investigations are aimed at export commodities, coupled with the financial crisis and economic downturn in the United States and Europe, the countries in the fight against trade of export, the friction of the grim situation in the next year or the coming a long time will exist.

Report from the WTO, the global number of anti-dumping launched has declined compared to last year. However, trade protectionism but to more heavy firepower to Chinese enterprises expand the offensive.

16 September this year, the European Commission to China launched anti-subsidy investigation data card, in connection with the $ 41 billion, not only become so far China suffered in connection with the largest amount of trade remedies investigations, was also the first time in the European Union on the same product at 3 trade remedy investigations.

Li Jian is of the view that the decline in the number of cases are compared to last year's financial crisis with most concerned, does not demonstrate trade protectionist forces in the regression. This year is characterized by extensive, involving products, from traditional labour-intensive products to new energy, electronic information, and other high-tech and high value-added industry trends, the spread of the amounts involved are often very large. In addition, the "double-reverse" other barriers to trade and industrial policy, exchange rate policy have also become protectionist attack targets.

Dongguan a toy company, in addition to anti-dumping investigation, in the middle of March this year, the US and Europe have substantially enhanced the consumption of imported toys safety standards, and high costs of testing has made Chinese enterprises to export the threshold of the dramatically increased.

China has more light

Today, many Chinese people have on anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard, 337 investigation, and a series of trade relief areas glossary. But the Chinese companies involved should trade friction in the practice of growing up, from the initial panic, confusion, to calm, light.

Jiangsu import and export Chamber of Qi Changyu told a reporter, although China Enterprise investigations of more and more, but the enterprise entered an enthusiasm and initiative than you used to greatly improve, the effect is better, the enterprise's psychological ability is increased.

Last September, Jiangsu Shenxi WINS industry's first cases of international intellectual property litigation, intellectual property rights in the field of a new banner. The official said, in terms of whether or not the litigation has just begun, but do not hesitate to answer means loss of markets, loss of life. "Made in China" does not mean that the price for poor quality, China also has its own State-of-the-art technology. Chinese enterprises cannot be foreign well-known enterprises in the background are intimidated, should have the courage to go with it.

Enterprises are dealing with the subject of trade friction, but they are not alone. "Governments, industry associations, local authorities and commerce in connection with the enterprises of the ' four linkage ' mechanism is to play an active role. "Li Jian said:" However, passive response is not a long-term solution. Chinese enterprises should take the initiative to change the way of development, enhance the technological content of products, from low-cost competition. At the same time, the Government also needs more market mechanism rather than normative subsidies to prevent or to handle. ”