2002年3月WTO对墨西哥贸易政策审议-中国代表团的发言(英文)
Statement of the Chinese Delegation
at the WTO Trade Policy Review of Mexico
March 2002
Madam Chairperson:
First I would like to express my congratulations to you on your assumption of chair for this very important body of WTO. And I welcome the delegation of Mexico which came to Geneva from thousands of miles away.
The delegation of China is pleased to be able to precipitate in the TPR on Mexico. Please let me express my appreciation to the Secretariat and the Government of Mexico for their efforts and work done in preparation for this review. The TPR report prepared by the Secretariat presented us with a substantial and detailed picture on Mexico’s overall economic environment and trade policy for the four years under review. The analysis made in the report has largely reflected the objective state of affairs of Mexico in this regard.
Both Mexico and China are developing countries. We have enjoyed close diplomatic, economic and trade ties for over 30 years. Mexico is now China’s second largest trading partner in Latin America thanks to the continuous efforts by the two governments and peoples. China’s accession to the WTO brings about broader opportunities for the expansion of economic and trade exchanges between the two countries. Having said that, however, Madam Chairperson, here is a need to single out a couple of problems, among others, that still exist in Mexico’s current trade policies:
On anti-dumping measures
As indicated in the TPR report, China is a country suffering most anti-dumping measures maintained by the Mexican government, with our export products under around 1300 tariff lines affected and some anti-dumping duty rate as high as 1100%. In many cases, the Mexican Government is away from abiding by the WTO rules with regard anti-dumping, for example, the Article 2 on determination of dumping of the Agreement on Anti-dumping Measures. After years of bilateral contacts and dialogue, the Mexican Government has reviewed some of these anti-dumping cases and eliminated part of them. But a large part of them are still remaining. We are greatly concerned over the situation.
On transparency of trade policies
Take Mexico’s implementation of Custom Valuation and Import Licensing agreements for example, Mexico’s actual operation procedures are sometimes incompatible with their published policies with low transparency. Many products exported from China are subject to minimum customs values set by Mexican Customs authorities, which is inconsistent with Article 7.2 (f) of the Agreement of Customs Valuation. In some cases, the minimum customs values are even higher than the retail prices of the like products in Mexico local market.
All the above-mentioned problems, Madam Chairperson, have not only hampered the normal trade between China and Mexico but also eroded the normal operation of the multilateral trading system.
It’s our sincere hope that the Mexican government will make further efforts, as done in the past, to correct these trade-distorting measures for the benefit of both the bilateral trade relations between China and Mexico and the improvement and strengthening of the multi-lateral trading system.
Thank you.
at the WTO Trade Policy Review of Mexico
March 2002
Madam Chairperson:
First I would like to express my congratulations to you on your assumption of chair for this very important body of WTO. And I welcome the delegation of Mexico which came to Geneva from thousands of miles away.
The delegation of China is pleased to be able to precipitate in the TPR on Mexico. Please let me express my appreciation to the Secretariat and the Government of Mexico for their efforts and work done in preparation for this review. The TPR report prepared by the Secretariat presented us with a substantial and detailed picture on Mexico’s overall economic environment and trade policy for the four years under review. The analysis made in the report has largely reflected the objective state of affairs of Mexico in this regard.
Both Mexico and China are developing countries. We have enjoyed close diplomatic, economic and trade ties for over 30 years. Mexico is now China’s second largest trading partner in Latin America thanks to the continuous efforts by the two governments and peoples. China’s accession to the WTO brings about broader opportunities for the expansion of economic and trade exchanges between the two countries. Having said that, however, Madam Chairperson, here is a need to single out a couple of problems, among others, that still exist in Mexico’s current trade policies:
On anti-dumping measures
As indicated in the TPR report, China is a country suffering most anti-dumping measures maintained by the Mexican government, with our export products under around 1300 tariff lines affected and some anti-dumping duty rate as high as 1100%. In many cases, the Mexican Government is away from abiding by the WTO rules with regard anti-dumping, for example, the Article 2 on determination of dumping of the Agreement on Anti-dumping Measures. After years of bilateral contacts and dialogue, the Mexican Government has reviewed some of these anti-dumping cases and eliminated part of them. But a large part of them are still remaining. We are greatly concerned over the situation.
On transparency of trade policies
Take Mexico’s implementation of Custom Valuation and Import Licensing agreements for example, Mexico’s actual operation procedures are sometimes incompatible with their published policies with low transparency. Many products exported from China are subject to minimum customs values set by Mexican Customs authorities, which is inconsistent with Article 7.2 (f) of the Agreement of Customs Valuation. In some cases, the minimum customs values are even higher than the retail prices of the like products in Mexico local market.
All the above-mentioned problems, Madam Chairperson, have not only hampered the normal trade between China and Mexico but also eroded the normal operation of the multilateral trading system.
It’s our sincere hope that the Mexican government will make further efforts, as done in the past, to correct these trade-distorting measures for the benefit of both the bilateral trade relations between China and Mexico and the improvement and strengthening of the multi-lateral trading system.
Thank you.
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