One-sided reflect EU United States views the WTO export limits the accused me of raw materials

My experts say China's export policy in line with WTO rules, it is recommended that the levying of tax reduction outside criticism

31 May, the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the accession of China to the third time since the trade policy review at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva. On that day, the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced the China trade policy review report, accusing China of some raw materials export restrictions may give the Chinese manufacturer to an unfair competitive advantage.

My expert pointed out that this report to the name of the report of the WTO, the actual only listened to European and American stakeholders demands; China limits the export of raw materials to the protection of the environment and the reduction of trade surplus, is consistent with WTO rules; China may take into account the levying of tax evasion in various ways, such as WTO rules of the game.

Consideration of the report does not have the force of law

According to the United Kingdom in the Financial Times reported that the WTO's report, "China reduced export barriers to speed, not the speed to reduce barriers to imports. The country still means using a variety of export restrictions, including injunctions, licences, quotas, tax and VAT non-full refund. "The report states that the effect of these restrictions is to help Chinese companies down the raw materials used for industrial input price, China on its exports of large quantities of restrictions, the more twisted the global trade, but did not reach the theory for the protection of the environment and the purpose of their trade balance.

Reuters article evaluation said that the WTO published this two year China trade policy review report on these disputes between Member States made a rare comment. However, national experts pointed out that the WTO trade policy review report does not mean that trade dispute settlement mechanisms, and only reflects the European part of the resources of the interests of the importing country, legally non-binding.

"WTO review report does not have statutory effect, nor is the judgment or concluding document, just pointed out the problem. "China WTO Research Institute New Springs, Vice President of slaughter in an interview with the information daily," said that in fact the Chinese export restrictions aimed at reducing energy-intensive and other damage to the environment of commodity exports, to protect the environment and reduce China's huge trade surpluses.

"WTO cases to more concerned about import restrictions on export restrictions are not very seriously, and are not strictly required. The export restrictions of the United States and may last year, the European Union on the use of a variety of raw materials in China export restrictions relating to submit complaints to the WTO. "Tu XinQuan said.

Our policy complies with the relevant provisions of the WTO

US-EU restrictions on exports to China the accusation of resource products for a long time. June 23, 2009, the United States and the EU is China's exports of industrial raw materials restricted to WTO complaints, requirements and China in the WTO dispute settlement mechanism of consultation. Mexico-8-21 also proposed consultation request.

The national filing a complaint to the WTO, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce official 2009 June said that China and the United States and Europe on raw material export policy has maintained a communication and contacts with China's relevant export policy's primary purpose is to protect the environment, protection of natural resources, China's policies in line with WTO rules.

From the legal point of view, "the 1994 GATT article 20 establishes members in meeting their commitment obligations of exceptions. Item 7 of them, as long as the member parties of the limiting measures and the domestic production and consumption, together with the implementation of restrictive measures, the Member shall have the right to invoke the exception to the natural resources available Draconis take protective measures. "Beijing WTO Affairs Center expert pointed out.

But morally, on the one hand, United States and the European Union on China's environmental protection standards and their implementation in issue has put pressure on the accused and, on the other hand also accused China on energy consumption, high pollution and resource products adopt restrictive measures, it is not reasonable.

In addition, Europe and the United States itself also in the implementation of export control policy. "The United States for oil and other mineral resources development, most of them are not only rely on imports to meet the needs of the relevant industries, and the United States on export products also applies the principle of ' domestic supply shortage, in commodity exports ' is enough to compromise the normal operation of the domestic economy, through national legislation prohibiting the export of the product. "The beauty of Commerce Institute Dr. Hua Hin-partial Lei at the information daily law reporter said.

Three suggestions will help to reduce external criticism

"Considering the system also helps us more conscious of their own problems, to the consideration of some of the recommendations, we should also consider, for example, consider the report in order to achieve the purpose of protecting the environment, taxation of raw material production. "Tu new springs that control the effect of trade links and limited as the levying of tax control from production, can also serve to protect the environment.

Lei Yan Hua that levying tax proposal is reasonable, but for rare earth, strategic resources, simply rely on the revenue raising prices, might have on the export link.

He suggested that, first of all, our country can improve production processes of concentration, change resource indiscriminately about mining and small miners to short-term interests compete down the phenomenon. "Small mine to the foreign price export rough, foreign resource products extracted resource and then sell it to us at a high price, which is in fact a disguised form of plunder resources." Secondly, we should draw on Europe and the United States and Japan, to increase the strategic reserve resource products. Data show that since China's basic sales at cost, China's rare metals and rare metals reserves are currently not a lot of future needs for national defense strategy, China's only from the world's second largest rare earth resources have State United States purchases. Finally, it should let these strategic products international pricing to better respond to its resource scarcity.

Background links:

WTO trade policy review is permanently on its members for a mechanism to all WTO members are regularly accepted the trade policy review. Its purpose is to guarantee the transparency of trade policy, other members to be considered members of the policies and practices, and to

This to encourage all members to comply with WTO rules and to abide by the relevant undertaking. Since the 2006 World Trade rankings after entering the first four bits, China every two years.

Trade policy review of the program is generally based on the consultations, to accept the consideration of the members of the trade policies and practices of detailed reports. At the same time, the WTO Secretariat on the basis of existing information, as well as other relevant information provided by members of the drafting of a report. Reviewed by members of the trade policy review body to the Government report, the secretariat completed the secretariat report. The fourth phase is the convening of the Conference. The trade policy review body is responsible for convening the meeting to consider the two reports. Reviewed in and, after consultation of the members of the trade policy review body can choose discussion participants. Any member with accept consideration of interested members to the Member's trade policies and practices to express their views. After the end of the last consideration, WTO secretariat is responsible for the report submitted by the members, the report of the Secretariat, as well as the trade policy review body meeting records outline three documents summarizes and printing and publication.

The trade policy review will be carried out in two days. The second day of the meeting will be on 2 June, WTO members will, each in so far as concerns the issue of trade and investment with China and the Chinese delegation to discuss.