The Asia-Pacific Economic Community worry about: the United States is likely to double this year to countermeasures

Recently, the United States Mexico Gulf shrimp industry Coalition submitted pleadings, United States Department of Commerce from China, Viet Nam, and India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand and Ecuador punitive tariffs on shrimp imports to offset their "unfair" Government subsidies. The second half of the year, United States International Trade Commission and the United States Commerce Department will investigate and make a final decision on whether to impose countervailing duties.

Economic downturn caused by the United States resort to protective measures

There are indications that, in the case of weak domestic economy remains in the doldrums, United States may increase its imports from Asia's emerging economies take countervailing and anti-dumping measures. Asian Development Bank Institute Economist Xing Yuqing told reporter that, in times of poor economic development, United States enterprises in order to get more protection tends to looked for reasons such as unfair competition from imported products.

Singapore National University Economic Department Professor attraction on this reporter said, "World War II Hou of several economic crisis short time within on began gradually economic recovery, and 2008 of international financial crisis outbreak Hou, United States economic recovery weak, unemployment reduced slow, therefore, United States Government tendencies Yu repeatedly using WTO gives of protection sexual tariff measures, each validity 3-5 years, makes domestic industry gradually shrinking or temporarily breathing, avoid short-term appears large unemployment. This is the set of WTO rules ' vulnerabilities ', is conducive to protection in developed countries. "

Long in Thailand live shrimp export business in Thailand Guang-Zhao, President of the Chamber of kuangjinrong the reporter analysis of this phenomenon, because the meat is good, long period of preservation, Thailand shrimp in the United States market retail prices of up to 50 cents per pound, not cheap, there no question of dumping. Mexico Bay Seafood quantity can not meet the United States market, United States from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia imports, higher anti-dumping duties to protect some businesses, but is against United States interests of consumers, has long maintained. He also worried that this year United States economy continued to slump, United States seafood industry will initiate more of the anti-dumping and countervailing proceedings.

Experts recommend that Asia should make good use of WTO rules

According to United States International Trade Commission calculation of the data provided by the Bureau of investigation, from 1999 to 2009, the anti-dumping lawsuit against Asian countries and regions in the United States in the anti-dumping proceedings initiated in the year soared from 48% per cent of the share, anti-dumping lawsuit against Chinese mainland jumped to 12% per cent from. Over the same period, countervailing action for Asian countries and regions in the United States in the anti-subsidy proceedings initiated in the year soared from zero per cent to 93% per cent, countervailing action against mainland China has soared from zero to 67%.

Chang believes that, in recent years, double reverse proceedings from developed to developing countries, tend to be concentrated in those developing countries have comparative advantages of cost advantage, developed countries are still in production but is not noticeable on the low-end and mid-tier products.

Research jianaishan·weigenalajie, Director of the Asian Development Bank Institute in an interview with this reporter, said Asian countries should learn to use WTO rules to protect its own interests, at the same time it is necessary to create a legal consulting Center of Asian trade.

Asia's developing countries are not always in anti-dumping proceedings in the WTO at a disadvantage. In 2008, in the United States to Thailand shrimp anti-dumping taxes and requiring purchase of United States bonds (C-Bond) as a guarantee fund in the case of exports, Thai has won favor.

"Tightrope" policies affecting the Asia partnership initiative

The Bangkok post recently said that once the United States Mexico Gulf shrimp industry Coalition's win, United States against Viet Nam and Malaysia exported shrimps imposed countervailing duties, may discourage both countries from the United States to open their industrial markets, is working with the United States negotiating regional free trade agreements can also be grounded.

Media analysis pointed out that the United States is in the context of domestic economic downturn focus on promoting the trans-Pacific (5.25,-0.20,-3.67%) partnership agreement (TPP) negotiations, and because United States domestic economic downturn, imports of the Asia-Pacific emerging economies often had to take a double-counter-measures, this will affect those who had hoped to take TPP open United States market enthusiasm of the Asia-Pacific emerging economies to participate in the negotiations. Experts say United States wishing to participate in the negotiating States Malaysia and Viet Nam opened doors in the domestic market, on the one hand but had to to have their doors down, this will damage the interests of some countries with participation in TPP negotiations.

"The United States is ' walking '. One hand, the United States a high level of economic openness, United States will try to win over Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, promote TPP negotiation process, on the other hand, when the United States commercial interests of enterprises, United States also faced domestic is not a small pressure on the Government. Both will also continue to move forward, United States need to carefully handle a sense of propriety. "Chang said to this reporter.