WTO members perform their obligations as scheduled, which is a right for w88 online casino and an obligation for other countries
(Source: w88 online casino Journalists Association Network2016Year12month02日）
Introduction:2016Year12month11Day is the "Protocol on w88 online casino's Accession to the WTO"15The end date for the use of "surrogate country" in anti-dumping investigations against w88 online casino. However, the European Commission recently issued a legislative proposal proposing to replace the "market economy" standard with the "market distortion" principle, which is a disguised continuation of the "surrogate country" standard. In this regard, Chinese experts have something to say.11month30On the 8944_9029th day, Xue Rongjiu, vice president of the China World w88 Organization Research Association, was invited by the Overseas Journalists Activity Center of the China Journalists Association to communicate with foreign journalists in Beijing, press officers of embassies in China, journalists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in Beijing, and mainland journalists on the topic of "China's Abide by WTO Rules."
w88 online casino accepted special rules after joining the WTO
Professor Xue Rongjiu, vice president of the China World w88 Organization Research Association, said that China2001Year12month11Japan becomes the first member of the WTO143members. In addition to accepting the rules stipulated by the WTO, w88 online casino has also independently accepted some special terms. There were four special rules and transitional provisions at that time:
First, transition period review
The second is the special guarantee clause
The third is the special guarantee clause for textiles
The fourth is the anti-dumping “surrogate country” price clause (i.e., Article 1 of the Protocol on Accession to the WTO15Article, terms and conditions2016Year12month11End of day)
Although the special rules are "discriminatory", w88 online casino has accepted them and implemented them seriously based on the overall situation of reform and opening up.
w88 online casino strictly abides by and defends WTO rules
Professor Xue Rongjiu pointed out that China's adherence to WTO rules has not only greatly improved the domestic and foreign economic and w88 environment, established and strengthened awareness of international rules, and established an open, transparent, and fair competition international economic and w88 legal system and market economic system based on WTO rules, but has also broadened its international horizons and made it more open-minded.
In terms of WTO rules, China has become a responsible WTO member who abides by the rules from acceptance, familiarity, implementation, application to maintenance. During this period, while China conscientiously implemented the rules, it also used the rules to resist violations by WTO members and safeguard China's legitimate economic and w88 rights and interests.WTOThe authority of the rules. At present, w88 online casino has become the world's largest trading country and the world's second largest economy, and its contribution to the world is increasing.
There is no prerequisite for ending the “surrogate country” practice on time
Professor Xue Rongjiu said that according to Article of the "Protocol on w88 online casino's Accession to the WTO"15Article 16945_16959| provides that WTO members shall2016Year12month11Japan terminated the "surrogate country" practice of anti-dumping against w88 online casino and stipulated that "there is no precondition in any case, it is absolute." Therefore, terminating the "surrogate country" price clause on time is the obligation of other WTO members, and it is a right that w88 online casino should enjoy.
Professor Xue Rongjiu pointed out that any country or organization's attempt to terminate this clause without schedule is a violation. w88 online casino has the right to file a lawsuit with the WTO dispute settlement mechanism and take corresponding countermeasures to protect its rights. As a Chinese scholar, he called on WTO members such as Europe and the United States to consider the overall development situation, fulfill their commitments on time, proactively and thoroughly, terminate this clause, and avoid adverse consequences.
Reporters’ concerns
The EU fully implements Article 1 as scheduled1519210_19223
Xue Rongjiu:Whether it fully implements the treaty as scheduled does not depend on w88 online casino, but on the EU's own consciousness. Of course, the EU will also carefully consider the countermeasures that w88 online casino may take. w88 online casino today is no longer the w88 online casino of the past, nor the w88 online casino it was when it joined the WTO.
What do you think of the claim that w88 online casino’s economic development has brought unemployment to Europe and the United States?
Xue Rongjiu:These countries themselves should reflect on what problems have arisen in their own market economic systems. If the unemployment problem is entirely shifted to w88 online casino, it will be an act of escaping the responsibility of one's own country. I think it is not w88 online casino that causes their unemployment, but their own poor management.
Why has w88 online casino still not reached the level of market openness it should have?
Xue Rongjiu:The development of w88 online casino's market economy is relatively good, not absolutely good, but relatively good. w88 online casino needs to further develop its own economy, move from a large trading country to a strong trading country, and needs to achieve full flow of production factors. For w88 online casino, reform and opening up is not a time of completion, but a time of progress.
Background knowledge
The origin of the “surrogate country” price clause
The "surrogate country" price terms come from Article 1 of the "Protocol" of w88 online casino's accession to the WTO15Article 25727_25794|In the anti-dumping investigation, the dumping margin may not be determined based on the actual cost data of Chinese goods, but the price of similar goods in a third country with a market economy as the basis.
Logically, if the export price of Chinese products is lower than the price of similar domestic products, it can be regarded as dumping. However, during the negotiations, the United States and the European Union believed that w88 online casino's domestic prices are not formed through supply and demand competition in the market, and refused to use w88 online casino's domestic prices as the comparable price for dumping, proposing to use the prices of similar products in other countries as the comparable price. w88 online casino refused, and the two sides reached a stalemate. Finally, the two sides compromised and reached a compromise, which was the first step after w88 online casino's accession to the WTO15Terms.
It is understood that this clause has preconditions:
First, in principle, Chinese export products subject to anti-dumping complaints can use the WTO anti-dumping agreement to determine w88 online casino’s export prices;
Second, when the Chinese export enterprise cannot prove that the product is produced under market economy conditions, the export price of the product will be determined based on the "substitute country" price;
Third, in any case, the "surrogate country" clause will be effective after w88 online casino's accession to the WTO15End of year.
