反倾销第二案例中美铜版纸案例

反倾销第二案例中美铜版纸案例

The Associated Press（美国联合通讯社，美联社）

Published: September 14, 2007

The WTO case is the first initiated by Beijing against Washington in five years and comes on the heels of a series of U.S. trade complaints against China.

Beijing opposes the "unfair practice of the U.S. in carrying out the a ntidumping" duties, an official at the Chinese mission in Geneva （日内瓦）said, referring to Washington's May 30 decision to impose（施加，征收）penalty tariffs（惩处性关税）ranging from 23.19 percent to 99.65 p ercent on imports from China of the glossy paper（coated paper 铜版纸）is used in art books, textbooks and high-end magazines（高端杂志）.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity（匿名）, citing Chinese government rules. The Commerce Ministry in Beijing confirmed the actio n.

Sean Spicer, spokesman for the U.S. trade representative（美国贸易代表发言人）in Washington, said he was surprised by China's action becau se a final decision on the coated-paper duties is not expected until Nove mber. But he said the U.S. was not angered by the request because such disputes are normal among major trading powers.

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"Our laws are fully in compliance with（按照，遵循）WTO obligati ons, and we are going to rigorously defend them," Spicer told The Assoc iated Press. "This is part of doing business. This is how mature trade par tners act."

The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, criticized in th e United States for soaring trade deficits （飞涨的贸易赤字）, began inve

stigating Chinese paper imports last year after a complaint by NewPage C orp.（新页公司）, which produces coated paper.

NewPage contended that it faced unfair competition from Chinese co mpanies which it alleged（NewPage宣称）received illegal government su pport(政府补贴).

The decision to impose duties on Chinese paper reversed 23 years of U.S. trade policy by treating China —classified as a nonmarket econom y （非市场经济即打算经济）—the same way as other U.S. trading partn ers in disputes involving government subsidies(政府补贴).

Experts say the move has worried Beijing because it may open the d oor for many other American companies battered（冲击injured）in recent years by Chinese imports flooding the United States —from steel to fur niture —to counteract(抵消) sweetheart loans（私下贷款）from banks, r ent-free land and other hidden support China allegedly provides firms.

Washington has brought four complaints against China to the WTO s ince 2006. Last month, the global commerce body（全球商务机构）launc hed a formal investigation into U.S. and Mexican allegations that China is providing illegal subsidies for a range of industries (一些产业), including paper.

The U.S. also has accused China of hindering sales of American mo vies, music and books, through censorship rules（审批程序）that don't ap ply to Chinese products.

The U.S. trade deficit(贸易赤字) set a record for the fifth consecutiv e year（连续五年）in 2006 at $765.3 billion. The imbalance（不平稳，那个地点特指美国对中国的贸易逆差）with China grew to $232.5 billion, the highest ever with a single country.

China has consistently accused the U.S. of protectionism（爱护主义）. China was one of nine WTO members that challenged U.S. steel safegua