2004年10月WTO对欧盟贸易政策审议-中国代表团的发言（英文）
Statement by the Head of the Chinese Delegation
At the Trade Policy Review of the European Communities
October 25, 2004
Madam Chair:
First of all, let me express our warm welcome to the EC delegation headed by Deputy Director General of the EC commission Mr. Pierre Defraigne, We would like to thank him for his statements, and my thanks also go to the discussant, Ambassador Don Stephenson, for his enlightening comments. We would also thank the secretariat for its comprehensive reports.
As the largest exporter and the second largest importer, the EC carries great importance and influence to the world economy and trade. Its macroeconomic and trade polices have significant bearing on the multilateral trading system. China hopes that after the enlargement, the economic competitiveness of the EC will be further enhanced and its trade regime will be more liberal so as to contribute more to the sustained economic development of both the EC and the world.
Madam Chair, the economic and trade relations between China and the EC have further developed since the last review. Just from January to August of this year, the bilateral trade volume reached USD 111.6 billion. The EC is now the largest trading partner of China. It is also China’s fourth largest source of foreign investment. The two economies of China and the EC are of great complementarities and enjoy huge potential for further development. We attach great importance to exchange views with the EC’s colleagues both bilaterally and within the WTO framework on the issues of our concerns regarding the trade regime and practices of the EC.
On issues of our specific concerns, we have provided written questions to the EC colleagues. I am not going to repeat them. Instead, I would like to focus on the following four issues.
Firstly, as Ambassador Stephenson has implied, on trade in agriculture, although the EC has taken some measures to reform its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since last review, the basic feature of the EC’s agriculture of huge subsidies and high tariffs on quite a number of products largely remains unchanged. As agriculture is most important and sensitive area in the ongoing negotiations of DDA, it is our hope that the EC could take more concrete actions which are corresponding to its responsibilities to promote and accelerate the liberalization of the agricultural trade of the world.
Secondly, on trade remedy measures, the EC is a major “player” in the application of trade remedy measures including antidumping. According to the statistics as shown in the Secretariat report, from 1991 to 2003, one of the main targets of the antidumping measures of the EC is China, which accounted for 16.7% of all its filed cases. The report did not mention the chilling effects that the investigations of trade remedy measures have had on trade. As China has been the most frequent target of these investigations, the negative impact caused by them on the bilateral trade is not difficult to imagine. Closely related to this issue is the market economy status of China. We firmly believe that the assessment report of the EC in June this year on China’s market economy status failed in reflecting the real situation of China’s economic regime which is market oriented. We are very much concerned about this issue and we look forward to its early resolution.
Thirdly, TBT and SPS measures of the EC are creating more and more unnecessary constraints on trade. For instance, in the food safety legislation, introduction of risk management system is sometimes not purely based on scientific analysis but very often on certain indefinite and vague factors. The standards on chemicals in “Reach” are also of great concern to China.
Finally, Madam Chair, China appreciates the fact that in the Communities’ report there is long exposition on issues related to social policies. However, China believes that WTO is not the proper organization to deal with social affairs and policies because multilaterally we have other relevant fora to address these issues. China also believes that social policies as well as policies related to environment should not be taken as conditions attached in trade and development-related assistance and trade preference programs to developing countries.
Madam Chair, China believes that as a major economic and trade power, the EC bears particular obligations and responsibility for the healthy development of the world economy and trade, as well as for the smooth and normal functioning of the multilateral trade system. China appreciates the leading role the EC played for the July package. It is our hope that the EC will continue to be committed in further improving its trade regime and practices; demonstrate more courage and foresight in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations, particularly in the area of trade in agriculture, and make greater contributions towards the reinforcement and improvement of the multilateral trade system.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
At the Trade Policy Review of the European Communities
October 25, 2004
Madam Chair:
First of all, let me express our warm welcome to the EC delegation headed by Deputy Director General of the EC commission Mr. Pierre Defraigne, We would like to thank him for his statements, and my thanks also go to the discussant, Ambassador Don Stephenson, for his enlightening comments. We would also thank the secretariat for its comprehensive reports.
As the largest exporter and the second largest importer, the EC carries great importance and influence to the world economy and trade. Its macroeconomic and trade polices have significant bearing on the multilateral trading system. China hopes that after the enlargement, the economic competitiveness of the EC will be further enhanced and its trade regime will be more liberal so as to contribute more to the sustained economic development of both the EC and the world.
Madam Chair, the economic and trade relations between China and the EC have further developed since the last review. Just from January to August of this year, the bilateral trade volume reached USD 111.6 billion. The EC is now the largest trading partner of China. It is also China’s fourth largest source of foreign investment. The two economies of China and the EC are of great complementarities and enjoy huge potential for further development. We attach great importance to exchange views with the EC’s colleagues both bilaterally and within the WTO framework on the issues of our concerns regarding the trade regime and practices of the EC.
On issues of our specific concerns, we have provided written questions to the EC colleagues. I am not going to repeat them. Instead, I would like to focus on the following four issues.
Firstly, as Ambassador Stephenson has implied, on trade in agriculture, although the EC has taken some measures to reform its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since last review, the basic feature of the EC’s agriculture of huge subsidies and high tariffs on quite a number of products largely remains unchanged. As agriculture is most important and sensitive area in the ongoing negotiations of DDA, it is our hope that the EC could take more concrete actions which are corresponding to its responsibilities to promote and accelerate the liberalization of the agricultural trade of the world.
Secondly, on trade remedy measures, the EC is a major “player” in the application of trade remedy measures including antidumping. According to the statistics as shown in the Secretariat report, from 1991 to 2003, one of the main targets of the antidumping measures of the EC is China, which accounted for 16.7% of all its filed cases. The report did not mention the chilling effects that the investigations of trade remedy measures have had on trade. As China has been the most frequent target of these investigations, the negative impact caused by them on the bilateral trade is not difficult to imagine. Closely related to this issue is the market economy status of China. We firmly believe that the assessment report of the EC in June this year on China’s market economy status failed in reflecting the real situation of China’s economic regime which is market oriented. We are very much concerned about this issue and we look forward to its early resolution.
Thirdly, TBT and SPS measures of the EC are creating more and more unnecessary constraints on trade. For instance, in the food safety legislation, introduction of risk management system is sometimes not purely based on scientific analysis but very often on certain indefinite and vague factors. The standards on chemicals in “Reach” are also of great concern to China.
Finally, Madam Chair, China appreciates the fact that in the Communities’ report there is long exposition on issues related to social policies. However, China believes that WTO is not the proper organization to deal with social affairs and policies because multilaterally we have other relevant fora to address these issues. China also believes that social policies as well as policies related to environment should not be taken as conditions attached in trade and development-related assistance and trade preference programs to developing countries.
Madam Chair, China believes that as a major economic and trade power, the EC bears particular obligations and responsibility for the healthy development of the world economy and trade, as well as for the smooth and normal functioning of the multilateral trade system. China appreciates the leading role the EC played for the July package. It is our hope that the EC will continue to be committed in further improving its trade regime and practices; demonstrate more courage and foresight in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations, particularly in the area of trade in agriculture, and make greater contributions towards the reinforcement and improvement of the multilateral trade system.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
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