2016年CRI EU's Assessment on China's MES to be on Agenda

 

Reporter:

EU Ambassador Hans Dietmar Schweisgut says the assessment¹ work will be carried out by European Commission in the coming months.

Speaking at a news conference here in Beijing, the ambassador says changing market economy status for China involves not only legal issues but also economic influences.

"This is not… because there is always some confusion… this is not about recognizing, as such, whether China is a market economy, we are talking about the relevant provision and accession protocol², which is linked to procedures for anti-dumping and the question of determining prices. It's a very complicated technical issue. Just to be clear, we are talking about a limited interpretation³ of the accession protocol, which implies legal issues but which obviously also has economic implications."

To echo the comment, China says it welcomes EU's careful research on this issue and has urged the bloc⁴ to abide⁵ by WTO regulations.

Chinese Ministry⁶ of Commerce spokesperson Shen Danyang.

"No matter how the European Commission makes assessments⁷ or comments, we are mainly concerned about the fact that according to Article 15 of the "Accession of the People's Republic of China", members of the WTO should terminate the "surrogate" country practice by December 11 this year, and this is an international obligation that WTO members must abide by."

Since China is currently not characterized by the EU as a full market economy, countries that level dumping accusations⁸ against it always pick data from a "surrogate" country with a recognized market economy.

EU Ambassador Hans Dietmar Schweisgut says that the union's anti-dumping measures are "strictly⁹" under the WTO rules.

"The European Union acts on the basis of the WTO law and the basis of … the current situation with regard to the accession protocol of China provides in more specific areas of anti-dumping procedures, for especially procedures concerning the application of comparable prices… Overall, the EU policy is very clear; we use anti-dumping measures strictly in accordance with WTO procedures.

China is now the second largest trading partner of the EU and has been a WTO member for 15 years.

However, the EU has not yet granted China Market Economy Status.

For CRI, I'm Luo Bin¹⁰.

1 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

2 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

3 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

4 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

5 abide   

vi.遵守；坚持；vt.忍受

参考例句：

• You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
• If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。

6 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

7 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

8 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

9 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

10 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。