·WTO ruling US double-counter violations against Chinese tires

It was learned from the Ministry of Commerce that the relevant WTO authorities have ruled that the US Department of Commerce’s numerous anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations against China in recent years have failed to adjust the tax amount to avoid double relief, in violation of WTO rules. China urges the US to withdraw all relevant countervailing measures.

It is understood that the United States often adopts "double standards" when conducting trade remedy investigations on Chinese products. On the one hand, it believes that China is a “non-market economy country”. When conducting anti-dumping investigations, it often uses “substitute countries” that are very different from China. On the other hand, according to the standards of “market economy countries”, Many Chinese products are subject to countervailing investigations. There is no legal basis for this in the United States. Since 2006, a number of countervailing investigations have been initiated against China, covering steel, tires, aluminum, paper, and textile industries. In 2012, the US Congress rushed through the Tariff Act Amendment Act (GPX Act) to ratify the legality of countervailing measures against China.

On July 7, the World Trade Organization announced the report of the Appellate Body of the WTO Dispute Case in China. The Appellate Body supported China's claim on double relief and confirmed that the US Department of Commerce's 25 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations against China between 2006 and 2012 failed to adjust the tax amount to avoid double relief, in violation of WTO rules.

Yao Jian, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said in a statement that the United States passed the Tariff Law amendment on March 13, 2012, and traced back to the US investigation agency to impose a countervailing duty on the so-called "non-market economy countries" from November 20, 2006. China believes that this retrospective application is a serious violation of the transparency and due process principles of WTO rules. The Chinese side believes that the ruling of the Appellate Body is consistent with China's position. China urges the US to revoke all countervailing measures imposed on Chinese products before the adoption of the amendments to the Tariff Act.

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