according to the financial times, China’s overtaking Germany as the world’s largest exporter may lead to more trade barriers. Now, that prediction is coming true
during the Spring Festival, “made in China” suffered another big trade stick. On February 18, the European Commission announced an anti-dumping investigation against coated fine paper (also known as “glossy paper”) originating in or imported from China. Before that, the United States had launched a “two anti” investigation into Chinese coated paper, and decided to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties in early November last year
in recent months, trade frictions have occurred frequently between China and Europe and the United States. The US “special safeguard” case against China’s tires and the “double anti oil well pipe” case shut out China’s billions of dollars of products. China then countered, and China and the United States are likely to start a “trade war”. Now that the EU has joined the battle group, after China sued China for extending the anti-dumping duty on Chinese leather shoes, it has launched anti-dumping investigations against “made in China” one after another
a new wave of trade protectionism has been set off under the great damage of western economy. Europe and the United States are using anti-dumping, countervailing, special protection and other means to build an “iron bucket array” against China” How to break through “made in China”< The export enterprises of coated paper are concentrated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and the EU anti-dumping case hardly has a positive impact on Guangdong paper industry. However, Li Qinghua, chairman of yuejing group, Guangdong's largest coated paper manufacturer, said in an interview with Yangcheng Evening News: "the export market is blocked, which is bound to increase competition in the domestic market. Because of China's huge production capacity, it has been repeatedly anti-dumping in Europe and the United States, which will have a great impact on China's paper market, especially the price of coated paper. "< According to customs statistics, China exported 1094000 tons of coated paper from January to October 2009. Among them, the export volume to EU was 166000 tons, up 68.7%; Exports to the United States were 165000 tons, up 57.7%. Customs analysts pointed out that European and American demand is attractive to Chinese paper enterprises, and it is an important and fast-growing export market. Repeated anti-dumping will inevitably hit Chinese coated paper export enterprises Jindong paper, the largest domestic coated paper export enterprise, has taken the lead in expressing its position on this case: stand up to respond to the lawsuit and is on the verge of winning the lawsuit. 1t is reported that Jindong paper took the lead in responding to the US anti-dumping investigation and won. Last year, the US “double anti” investigation of coated paper against China, and this enterprise also responded very actively. This time, it has hired a lawyer in advance for the EU case. The head of the Fair Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce of China said that the European Commission’s anti-dumping investigation on Chinese coated paper will not benefit China and the EU in the period of economic recovery, and the Ministry of Commerce will actively provide guidance and help for Chinese enterprises to respond to the lawsuit “it can be expected that in the next two to five years, China will face extremely intensive trade frictions.” Professor Yi Xingjian, deputy dean of the school of international business and economics of Guangdong University of foreign studies, told reporters that China’s export enterprises are bound to become a serious disaster area of trade protectionism, for which enterprises must have the courage to face and actively prepare to respond. 1t is reported that in order to cope with more and more frequent paper trade friction, Jindong paper even set up an anti-dumping response group in the face of anti-dumping and countervailing that are more and more like “home cooked food”, almost all Chinese enterprises have chosen to rise up to respond to the lawsuit, which is the most typical case in the EU anti-dumping case against China’s leather shoes. 1n 2005, several large shoe enterprises in Guangdong Province set up the “EU anti-dumping alliance against China’s shoes” to jointly respond to the lawsuit with large shoe enterprises in Zhejiang and Fujian. 1n 2006, the EU implemented anti-dumping measures against Chinese leather shoes for two years, and Chinese shoe enterprises jointly sued the European Commission to the European Court of justice. Until 2008, the EU launched the “sunset review”, and Chinese shoe enterprises fought again. 1n December last year, the European Union extended the anti-dumping measures for another 15 months. The Chinese government recently took the European Union to the WTO on this matter. Wang Zhentao, chairman of Zhejiang Aokang Shoes Co., Ltd., told reporters that Chinese shoe enterprises will continue to defend< Many domestic experts pointed out that China's textile and garment industry is likely to be the next victim. At present, Guangdong textile and garment export enterprises are generally worried that the war will burn themselves “China’s textile and garment industry is becoming more and more competitive, which makes Chinese textile enterprises inevitably face more and more frequent trade frictions. The industry generally believes that in this year and for a long time in the future, we will face more trade protection pressure year by year.” Chen Wenming, deputy general manager of Guangzhou textile import and Export Group Co., Ltd., told reporters that compared with 1ndia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and other competitors, China’s textile and garment industry is more perfect in terms of raw materials, industrial supporting facilities and workers’ level, so its international competitiveness is still improving. Last year, China’s textile and garment market share in the U.S. rose, triggering accusations such as “China’s occupying other countries’ market share”. 1t is certain that Americans will find fault with Chinese enterprises in the face of possible conflicts, Chen Wenming said that Chinese enterprises must face them calmly and objectively. While striving for their legitimate rights and interests, it is “a must to do” to upgrade their products As a typical labor-intensive industry, the cost of China’s textile and garment industry has gradually increased in recent years. Competition with foreign counterparts depends on the “gradient transfer” of domestic industry to inland. Chen Wenming pointed out that with the rising labor costs, the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta can no longer rely on low prices to compete in the market, and low price orders are becoming more and more difficult to do. Many enterprises are trying their best to upgrade their products and build their own design capabilities and brands. “After all, who wants to take $5 orders if they can do $10 business? As long as the price of Chinese goods is not too low, Europe and the United States can not say that we are dumping. “ “Chinese enterprises should try their best to play low price cards, keep an eye on everything in the export process, and take the initiative to avoid the risk of anti-dumping and countervailing.” Yi Xingjian, vice president of the school of international business and economics of Guangdong University of foreign studies, said that China’s exports have been growing at a high speed for many years and are approaching a “limit value”. Chinese enterprises should instead pursue “profit growth” rather than “total growth”