反倾销第二案例(中英文)中美铜版纸案例

ChinafilesWTOcomplaintoverU.S.importdutiesonChinesepaperTheAssociatedPress（美国联合通讯社，美联社）Published:September14,2007GENEVA（日内瓦）:FacingaU.S.legalassault（指控）,Chinaasserteditsrights（主张权利）byfilingaWorldTradeOrganizationcomplaintagainstantidumpingdutiesthattheUnitedStatesappliesonChinesepaperimports,tradeofficialssaidFriday.TheWTOcaseisthefirstinitiatedbyBeijingagainstWashingtoninfiveyearsandcomesontheheelsofaseriesofU.S.tradecomplaintsagainstChina.BeijingopposestheunfairpracticeoftheU.S.incarryingouttheantidumpingduties,anofficialattheChinesemissioninGeneva（日内瓦）said,referringtoWashington'sMay30decisiontoimpose（施加，征收）penaltytariffs（惩罚性关税）rangingfrom23.19percentto99.65percentonimportsfromChinaoftheglossypaper（coatedpaper铜版纸）isusedinartbooks,textbooksandhigh-endmagazines（高端杂志）.Theofficialspokeonconditionofanonymity（匿名）,citingChinesegovernmentrules.TheCommerceMinistryinBeijingconfirmedtheaction.SeanSpicer,spokesmanfortheU.S.traderepresentative（美国贸易代表发言人）inWashington,saidhewassurprisedbyChina'sactionbecauseafinaldecisiononthecoated-paperdutiesisnotexpecteduntilNovember.ButhesaidtheU.S.wasnotangeredbytherequestbecausesuchdisputesarenormalamongmajortradingpowers.TodayinBusinesswithReuters（路透社）Ourlawsarefullyincompliancewith（依照，遵循）WTOobligations,andwearegoingtorigorouslydefendthem,SpicertoldTheAssociatedPress.Thisispartofdoingbusiness.Thisishowmaturetradepartnersact.TheadministrationofU.S.PresidentGeorgeW.Bush,criticizedintheUnitedStatesforsoaringtradedeficits（飞涨的贸易赤字）,beganinvestigatingChinesepaperimportslastyearafteracomplaintbyNewPageCorp.（新页公司）,whichproducescoatedpaper.NewPagecontendedthatitfacedunfaircompetitionfromChinesecompanieswhichitalleged（NewPage宣称）receivedillegalgovernmentsupport(政府补贴).ThedecisiontoimposedutiesonChinesepaperreversed23yearsofU.S.tradepolicybytreatingChina—classifiedasanonmarketeconomy（非市场经济即计划经济）—thesamewayasotherU.S.tradingpartnersindisputesinvolvinggovernmentsubsidies(政府补贴).Sincethe1960s,theU.S.hasdeclinedtoidentifysubsidiesbyforeigngovernmentsinnonmarketeconomies（非市场经济体）.Thetheoryhasbeenthatfairpricesinsucheconomiesareimpossibletomeasure,especiallywhenthegovernmentsdon'ttellwhentheygivecompaniesfinancialaid（财政补贴）.In1986,thecourtsupheld（支持）theCommerceDepartment'sright（theDepartmentofCommerce/DOC美国商务部的权利）nottoapplydutiesagainstimportsfromnonmarketeconomies.ExpertssaythemovehasworriedBeijingbecauseitmayopenthedoorformanyotherAmericancompaniesbattered（冲击injured）inrecentyearsbyChineseimportsfloodingtheUnitedStates—fromsteeltofurniture—tocounteract(抵消)sweetheartloans（私下贷款）frombanks,rent-freelandandotherhiddensupportChinaallegedlyprovidesfirms.WashingtonhasbroughtfourcomplaintsagainstChinatotheWTOsince2006.Lastmonth,theglobalcommercebody（全球商务机构）launchedaformalinvestigationintoU.S.andMexicanallegationsthatChinaisprovidingillegalsubsidiesforarangeofindustries(一些产业),includingpaper.AseparateWTOpanelisexpectedtobecreatedonSept.25toexamineU.S.claimsthatChinahasfailedtoprotectintellectualpropertyrights（IPRs知识产权）,whileafirstdecisionbythetradebodycouldcomelaterthisyearinacasebroughtbytheU.S.andthe27-nationEUoverallegationsthatChinamaintainsanillegaltaxsystemtoblockimportsofforeign-madeautoparts（汽车零部件）.TheU.S.alsohasaccusedChinaofhinderingsalesofAmericanmovies,musicandbooks,throughcensorshiprules（审批程序）thatdon'tapplytoChineseproducts.TheU.S.tradedeficit(贸易赤字)setarecordforthefifthconsecutiveyear（连续五年）in2006at$765.3billion.Theimbalance（不平衡，这里特指美国对中国的贸易逆差）withChinagrewto$232.5billion,thehighesteverwithasinglecountry.ChinahasconsistentlyaccusedtheU.S.ofprotectionism（保护主义）.ChinawasoneofnineWTOmembersthatchallengedU.S.steelsafeguards（钢铁保障措施）in2002.ThenewcaseisthefirstBeijinghasinitiatedbyitselfagainstWashington.ChinaurgesU.S.tocorrectmeasuresoncoatedpaperGENEVA,Oct.12(Xinhua)--ChinaurgedtheUnitedStatesonFridaytocorrectitsanti-dumpingandanti-subsidymeasures（反倾销、反补贴措施）targeting（针对）Chinesecoatedpaper,reiterating（重申）thatthesemeasuresviolateWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)rules.InconsultationsheldinGeneva（在日内瓦举行的磋商会议）,Chineseofficialsquestionedtheconsistency（一致性）oftheU.S.measureswithWTOregulations,andurgedtheUnitedStatestoconsiderChina'sconcernsseriouslyandcorrectitsmeasures,saidastatementfromtheChineseWTOmission.Thetwosidesalsoclarifiedsomemattersinthedispute（分歧、争端）andagreedtocontinuetheircontactontheissue,thestatementsaid.Friday'sconsultationswereheldundertheWTO'sdisputesettlementmechanism（DSM，WTO争端解决机制）.ChinabroughtthecasetotheWTO'sDisputeSettlementBody（世贸组织争端解决机构）onSept.14.AccordingtoChinesetradeofficials,fromNovember2006toJuly2007,theUnitedStateslaunchedfiveanti-dumpingandanti-subsidyinvestigationsintoChinesecoatedpaperandsteeltubes,whichinvolved635Chineseenterpriseswith70,000employeesandgoodsworth860millionU.S.dollars.Fivedualinvestigations（双反调查，指反倾销、反补贴）againstChineseproductsinlessthanayearwasunprecedentedinthehistoryofworldtrade（在世界贸易史上史无前例的）,theofficialssaid.AccordingtotheChineseMinistryofCommerce（中国商务部）,theU.S.decision（裁定）notonlyviolatedWTOrules（违犯了WTO规则）,butalsowentagainsta23-year-oldU.S.bipartisanpolicy（议会政策，两党政