For a long time, and expand the market 'access' almost become the pronoun of trade liberalization. However, the world trade organization on January 30 days in China are limited to nine export raw materials have a case ruling, confirmed that Chinese to these raw material implementation export tax and export quota limitation against the international trade rules, must be correct, that in today's world trade disputes are from "access" to "must extend out '. Of course, the world trade organization also support the Chinese several of the request and the overthrow of the expert group about the quota allocation management, and export license and export quota bidding, minimum prices at the ruling, although not simply in order to "take care of face", but still difficult to essentially shake the Chinese "losing 'situation, can saying is the consequences will be severe, in addition to the' link from 'must threaten to the independence of China's foreign trade policy with national economic safety, also from' a 'link must prevents China trade country to trade power from the process.
In the face of China's trade dispute from "access" to "the 'extensions are allowed jiancheng trend. Look ahead, as early as in 2004, the eu is asking China to let go of coke export restrictions, otherwise will resort to the world trade organization. Although central Europe dc hats the two sides finally reached an agreement, but alarming: in addition to "access" link, the trade friction also exist in 'must out' link. Look back, the world trade organization in China "judge" losing "also will produce negative demonstrative effect. As the New York times says, western challenge Chinese restrictions on rare earth, including the other natural resources are an example to follow the export.
The 'lost' exposed some of our own 'soft rib'. According to China's wto commitments, in addition to the 84 tax, such as zinc products outside, cancel the export products all taxes. The world trade organization is prohibited export restrictions, but allow 'exceptions', such as permitting for protecting ecological environment and export restrictions. However, if in order to protect the ecological environment, both for export or sale in domestic market, will take the same restrictions, but not limited to the 'must out'. Now is intertwine, extensive pattern of economic growth in the next, with important mineral resources collection of related domestic tax will be unable to downstream industry, and to change the mode of economic growth is not built in a day.
For the world trade organization this "' decision", our heart is unwilling. Do as you would be done by. The United States is the world's proven reserves on the most abundant one of the countries, but the United States to own the mineral resources protection have add, the but again asked China to increase the export of mineral resources. Only the United States need to protect people stumped ecological environment, the Chinese don't need? At the same time, now many countries have export restrictions, such as the United States limits exports of high New Era Hats technology, Australia and Brazil's three big mining joint control iron ore prices, Russia will also tax on food exports, why the wto with China but it happened can not pass?
No doubt, China in 'a' link must limit the export of raw materials of the original intention of goodwill. From the protection of ecological environment and change the way of foreign trade growth needs to see, China should not be long-term and many cheap export of raw materials, need to improve the export products of technology content and added value. In this sense, the western countries don't have to limit China's export of raw materials flustered. I'd come up with an idea, the western countries to gain more from China of raw materials, simply take the advanced technology to China, using China's raw materials and labor resources for deep processing. So, China's industry also upgrade, and these western countries can get more raw materials from China, such cooperation not kill two birds with one stone, why always to the world trade organization there to accuse China of shape?