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US rallies WTO members to oppose China's trade policies
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THE US-China Economic and Security Review Commission has recommended that Congress examine whether the US Trade Representative, in coordination with US allies, should bring a "non-violation nullification or impairment" case against China at the World Trade Organisation under Article 23(b) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
The move could lead to members suspending concessions, such as lowered tariffs, that China benefits from as a WTO member.
Among the recommendations of the commission's 2018 Annual Report is for Congress to direct the Office of the US Trade Representative to identify the trade-distorting practices of Chinese state-owned enterprises and develop policies to counteract their anti-competitive impact.
The commission also recommended that Congress direct the Commerce Department to prepare a report examining and assessing the adequacy of US export control policy for dual-use technology as it relates to US treatment of Hong Kong and China as separate customs areas, reported American Shipper.
"Chinese industrial policies create market barriers to entry, discriminate against foreign firms, encourage technology transfer as a condition of market access, provide limited protection and recourse for foreign intellectual property holders in strategic industries and unfairly subsidise local Chinese companies in their development and expansion abroad," the report states.
"Various tools are available to the United States to address these challenges, including unilateral tools (e.g. trade actions like anti-dumping and countervailing duties and Section 201 cases, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and prosecution of economic espionage), bilateral tools (e.g. high-level bilateral dialogues) and multilateral tools (e.g. World Trade Organization [WTO] cases and joint pressure)."
The report goes on to say that US actions to address China's trade-distorting practices have "proven narrow" and limited in effectiveness against the broad sweep" of Beijing's development strategy, the size of the Chinese market and the government's willingness to intervene in local firms and markets.
The commission's recommendations also addressed China's Belt and Road Initiative and included urging Congress to order a Government Accountability Office report of China's intellectual property violations and the extent to which US firms have been impacted.
The report added that "US policy makers have reached a broad consensus that China's actions negatively impact the multilateral trading system. Beijing's state-directed industrial policies have erected barriers to protect the Chinese local market while employing unfair and anti-competitive policies to further China's technological and economic advancement."
The move could lead to members suspending concessions, such as lowered tariffs, that China benefits from as a WTO member.
Among the recommendations of the commission's 2018 Annual Report is for Congress to direct the Office of the US Trade Representative to identify the trade-distorting practices of Chinese state-owned enterprises and develop policies to counteract their anti-competitive impact.
The commission also recommended that Congress direct the Commerce Department to prepare a report examining and assessing the adequacy of US export control policy for dual-use technology as it relates to US treatment of Hong Kong and China as separate customs areas, reported American Shipper.
"Chinese industrial policies create market barriers to entry, discriminate against foreign firms, encourage technology transfer as a condition of market access, provide limited protection and recourse for foreign intellectual property holders in strategic industries and unfairly subsidise local Chinese companies in their development and expansion abroad," the report states.
"Various tools are available to the United States to address these challenges, including unilateral tools (e.g. trade actions like anti-dumping and countervailing duties and Section 201 cases, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and prosecution of economic espionage), bilateral tools (e.g. high-level bilateral dialogues) and multilateral tools (e.g. World Trade Organization [WTO] cases and joint pressure)."
The report goes on to say that US actions to address China's trade-distorting practices have "proven narrow" and limited in effectiveness against the broad sweep" of Beijing's development strategy, the size of the Chinese market and the government's willingness to intervene in local firms and markets.
The commission's recommendations also addressed China's Belt and Road Initiative and included urging Congress to order a Government Accountability Office report of China's intellectual property violations and the extent to which US firms have been impacted.
The report added that "US policy makers have reached a broad consensus that China's actions negatively impact the multilateral trading system. Beijing's state-directed industrial policies have erected barriers to protect the Chinese local market while employing unfair and anti-competitive policies to further China's technological and economic advancement."