Department of Commerce: this year the trade friction aggravate
According to Xinhua news agency, Beijing, January4 report from the Ministry of Commerce statistics, as of December 27, 2011, a year abroad to China anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard measures, special safeguard investigations67, experience record amount of $5900000000, the products were investigated mainly relates to the iron and steel, mechanical and electrical fields. Many countries by setting safety standards, health standards, packaging, marking, information technology standards, environmental signs, safety standards, welfare standard of technical barriers to trade restrictions on products imported from china.
Comparison of the typical case in November 8th last year, the United States Department of Commerce officially launched on Chinese imports of solar battery ( board ) of the anti-dumping and countervailing investigation, this is China clean energy products in foreign countries suffered the first trade remedy investigations. In the past year, the United States also on Chinese enterprises initiated the alleged intellectual property infringement337into 16.
In 2011 the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism in China-related cases increased, there have been 3China launched anti-dumping and countervailing measures by WTO dispute settlement mechanism and.
Fair Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce responsible person said, at present the developed country protectionism has far exceeded the level of early 2009, some developing countries known as protectionism, industry has also called for the government to strengthen the intervention in 2012, various forms of trade restrictions will further increase.