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2002年6月WTO对印度贸易政策审议-中国政府的问题和评论(英文)
              WTO Trade Policy Review of India
              Comments and Questions from China



H.E. Mr. K. M. Chandrasekhar
Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of India
to the World trade Organization


                     Geneva, June 19, 2002

Dear Ambassador,

  I have the honor to refer to the third trade policy review of India which is going on now in the World Trade Organization. With instructions from Beijing, I am writing this letter to bring to your attention two important issues in our bilateral economic and trade relations to which my government attaches concerns, although these two issues are not submitted in written form to the WTO Secretariat within the framework of the trade policy review mechanism.

  The first issue is the Transitional Product-Specific Safeguards Duty in India’s Budget Bill in 2002-2003. While recognizing that inclusion of such a kind of duty is related to Article 16 of China’s Protocol of Accession to the WTO, I would like to reiterate the positions that the Chinese side had repeatedly stressed in the WTO accession negotiations, i.e. WTO members shall refrain from having recourse to such a measure to the extent possible and only in conformity with relevant article and provisions of China’s WTO accession legal instruments. In view of the strong political will of our two governments to further strengthening the bilateral economic and trade ties, I hope that this position of China will be duly taken into account by the Indian government.

  The second issue that I am instructed to raise concerns a commercial contract of the dredging project of the Mumbai port by China Harbour Engineering Company (Group) in year 2000. Reference is also made to a requested meeting by our Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Mr. SUN Guangxiang with your Ambassador to China on November 7, 2000 in Beijing. My government is greatly concerned that a commercial contract already signed and based on terms and conditions and procedures of an international bidding, was unilaterally cancelled by the Indian side and then given to a company from another WTO member. My government believes that reasons given by the Indian side were not convincing and this practice, which certainly goes against the MFN principle of the World Trade Organization, is not a healthy movement for the smooth development our bilateral economic and trade relations.

  As the affected party to this commercial contract who is now suffering from a heavy loss, China Harbour Engineering Company (Group) has already requested that this matter be dealt with according to the terms provided in the signed contract. My government therefore requests that efforts be made by the Indian side so that a mutually satisfactory solution could be found. It is also our hope that a similar situation will be avoided in the future.

  Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest considerations.


Yours Sincerely


                              SUN Zhenyu
Ambassador and Permanent Representative

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