Recently, trade frictions become the key focus of attention of the stainless steel industry, the trading environment faced by the stainless steel industry will be how to go? Of economic globalization, the realignment and allocation of economic benefits has become an inevitable, dependent on the economic interests of the trade friction is bound to increase, all responses are nothing more than to alleviate the pains brought by the trade friction, but the pace of trade friction will increase the speed up until the adjustment of economic interests into a new equilibrium, the majority of interest groups to adapt to new trade rules. I try from the recent trade friction frequency, the efforts of China to actively respond to.
First, make every effort to comprehensive measures to cope with tough trading environment
External demand market is shrinking dramatically, trade protectionism is a strong uplift in the face of foreign general economic recession, domestic demand is difficult to short-term alternative outside the need for boosting the economy, our government make every effort to launch the comprehensive measures to steady foreign demand, and development, specifically to: Table attitude, present the facts; procurement, busy diplomacy; to mention the tax rebate, and promote exports; learn the rules of friction.
(1) Table attitude of the facts
July 6, President Hu Jintao met in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the two mentioned oppose trade protectionism and adhere properly settle trade frictions and differences through consultation and dialogue. Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said that China will unswervingly continue to oppose protectionism, equal treatment of domestic and foreign products, provides a wealth of opportunities for foreign enterprises in the Italian "La Repubblica" published a signed article "Chinese practice what they preach against protectionism". Since China's accession to the WTO's contribution to the World Trade elaborated through facts and figures, the same time, the senior leadership of the State to show that China's attitude to trade protectionism.
(2) multi-sourcing, busy diplomatic
That their position and attitude is very important to elaborate on the World Trade contribution is also very important, however, the current China's major trading partners of varying degrees of trouble, to resolve the current difficulties is the most important. In order to alleviate the economic difficulties but also take into account our needs, since 2009, actively carry out foreign trade and investment promotion missions to ease and improve the trade environment in China through trade and investment procurement for the national level.
February 24, the China trade and investment promotion missions to bring 15 billion orders to go to Germany, Switzerland, Spain and the UK procurement; April 27, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce Trade Investment Mission arrived in the United States began to purchase trip will be in the United States signed more than thirty total billions of dollars of trade, investment contracts; June 16, China's trade and investment promotion delegation's visit to Russia signed $ 3 billion of orders; June 18, Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Jiang Yaoping the Chinese trade and investment promotion delegation to visit Slovakia; July 6, the Chinese trade and investment promotion missions with the Italian companies signed a contract and intention of over 30 projects, the agreement amounts to $ 2,000,000,000; July 7, Vice Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng led the Chinese trade and investment promotion delegation from Italy arrived in Stockholm, Sweden.
The same time, China's senior leadership through a variety of international conferences and exchange forum for intensive diplomatic activities in order to improve the international trade environment through international cooperation.
(3) on tax rebates, and promote exports
External demand shrinking, China's foreign trade to "insurance market, to maintain share, and this goal a series of export tax rebate policy adjustment. Since August 2008, China has seven export tax rebate rate of goods tariff of more than 8000 (times), of which, the existing 1971 tariff lines to achieve the export tax refund.
Perhaps because of the effectiveness of China's export policy work, perhaps because of China's products more competitive this year, China's export share of total global share of trade did not fall. The latest World Bank data show that the first quarter of this year, the world's total exports decreased by 24.1% over the same period China's exports fell 22.7 percent, indicating that China's share in global trade did not fall.
Although the export tax rebate is a neutral trade policy, full refund, commodity price exclusive of tax to enter the international market, international trade practices. China raised the export tax rebate rate, but will belong to that part of the enterprise back to corporate. However, the export tax rebate policy in the eyes of foreign enterprises and related organizations is our government to the enterprise subsidies, becoming an important excuse for initiation of countervailing policy.
(4) learn rules for Friction
If the front of two measures of our government for the enterprise to create a favorable international trading environment, try to avoid trade disputes appear, then the event of trade disputes, and how do we do? Zhong Shan, Vice Minister of Commerce has published a signed article in the Economic Daily News that the treatment of international trade friction, on the one hand by the multilateral and bilateral negotiations, strengthen consultation and communication, and properly resolve the friction to achieve mutual benefit; the other hand, according to the WTO rules to strengthen representations to the maximum extent for the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, and create a favorable international trading environment. There are many successful cases in this regard, recently successfully deal with the EU to terminate two of galvanized steel sheet and stainless steel cold-rolled sheet steel anti-dumping investigation; through representations consultations, India terminated the special safeguard investigation on nylon tire cord fabric in China; properly handle the case of Turkey's special protection; trichloro sucrose and battery 337 investigation cases, China's enterprises to obtain victory.
However, in the endless stream of international trade protection measures, and actively respond to trade friction, while the Commerce Department began to fight back, initiate investigations and complaints to the WTO. June 1, the Commerce Department initiated the "double reverse" investigation of the import-oriented electrical steel originating in the United States, which is the Chinese government launched the first "double reverse" investigation of cases. In the EU and U.S. restrictions on Chinese exports of raw materials to resort to WTO dispute settlement mechanism, China sent a letter to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body by the Permanent Mission of WTO delegation, requirements of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body to set up expert groups to review the relevant U.S. restrictions on Chinese poultry meat import measures.
Therefore, in order to protect their own legitimate interests, on the one hand, we will lift up the shield to protect themselves, on the one hand, we have to raise the sword to deter others not to hurt us.
Second, in June this year, the country suffered the trade protectionist measures record
Since the reform and opening up, China's foreign trade growth rate is three times the world average during the same period, exports to economic growth annual average contribution rate of 20%. In 2008, China's dependence on foreign trade rose 60 percent, far exceeding the world average of 41%; China has become the world's second largest exporter after Germany, exports accounted for the proportion of the global total of 8.86 percent, the trade surplus to exceed that of Germany, ranked first. At the same time, trade conflicts facing our increasingly intensify the latest WTO data show that in 2008 35% of the global anti-dumping, 71% countervailing involve China. China has 14 consecutive years as anti-dumping investigation of most members, encountered anti-subsidy investigations members of the three consecutive years.
The above data reflects foreign trade plays an important role in China's economic development also reflects the foreign trade to the rapid development of trade conflicts accompanying repeated outbreaks.
WTO a report released earlier this year, historical data show that the increase in trade remedy measures, usually appear after the year in industry or the economy was severely affected. WTO7 January issued a warning trade protectionism is growing. In the past three months, the EU and 24 countries issued a 83 trade protection measures, more than double the same period of trade liberalization measures. China's foreign trade suffered, or the countries to strengthen the embodiment of the implementation of trade remedy measures.
, According to data released by the Commerce Department Bureau of Fair Trade from January to May this year, China has been suffering two guarantees "(Anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguard measures, special safeguard measures) survey of 46 cases, involving exports of $ 7.636 billion The year-on-year growth rate of up to 131% in 2008 as a whole amount of money involved is $ 6.2 billion.
Which, in June this year, trade friction reached a historic peak. June 26, the U.S. Commerce Department announced its decision to start anti-dumping subsidy investigations on Chinese wire mesh tray products, which is the U.S. Department of Commerce following the June 17 and 19, since the criminal investigation on Chinese steel hinge line and the steel grating last 10 days the Chinese iron and steel products initiated anti-dumping and countervailing merger investigations. June 23, the European Union and the United States to China brought the WTO, also decided that the production of metal wire rod from China imposed a five-year anti-dumping duties; Government of India has announced that since August this year, imports from China aluminum flat rolled products levied a 14% tariff, imposed a 30 percent protective tariff on aluminum foil imported from China.
Since 2007, the financial crisis has further aggravated the international trading environment, with the rise of trade protectionism. Especially in the darkest moment since 2009, the world economy in general into the stabilized stabilized, record low rate of industrial property, the unemployment rate hit record highs, in order to protect their economies and promote economic recovery as soon as possible, the countries have varying degrees of dishing out trade protection, the banner of anti-dumping, especially for our country. Therefore, I believe that as China's participation in globalization, the amount of play continuously improve the influence and impact on the world economy and trade rules will gradually increase, trade frictions facing our country will further increase until the world economy international trade rules to re-balance and adapt to each other so far.
Third, the general trend of trade friction, the stainless steel industry is difficult to quiet
After nearly a decade of rapid development of China's stainless steel industry, has now become the world's largest stainless steel market, and also accumulate enough to make countries worry stainless steel production, trade environment, the stainless steel industry facing perhaps even more than China's overall foreign trade environment severe. There are nearly seven since 2009 for the stainless steel industry in China trade friction disputes.
January 22, 2009, the U.S. Commerce Department issued a notice, originating in China's stainless steel welding pressure pipe to make the final anti-dumping, dumping margin is held to be 10.53%, 55.21%.
February 25, 2009, Argentina's production department announced its decision originating in the stainless steel tableware in China and Brazil (MERCOSUR tariff 82111000,82119100,82152000 and 82159910) 1450.21% levy (ad valorem taxes) and 413.43% respectively (ad valorem tax) of the provisional anti-dumping duties. The anti-dumping measures with effect from the date of the announcement is valid for four months.
March 16, 2009, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade note we said it would initiate anti-dumping investigations, involving product customs tariff number 7219110000,7219211009,7219221009,7219230009,7219240009,7219310000,7219321009 nickel-containing stainless steel plate imports from China, 7219331009,7219341009,7219351000,7219902000,7219908009,7220110009,7220120000,7220202100,7220204100,7220208100,7220902000,7220908000.
March 16, 2009, stainless steel sinks originating in China and Malaysia, South Africa made a preliminary anti-dumping, countervailing preliminary ruling (see table below) and the stainless steel sinks originating in Malaysia. Products HS Code 73241000.
March 27, 2009, the anti-dumping Bureau of Commerce and Industry of India March 27, cold-rolled flat stainless steel anti-dumping investigation preliminary, it is recommended to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on my products.
April 23, 2009, the Indian Ministry of Finance said that the anti-dumping tariffs from mainland China, Japan, Korea, European Union, South Africa, China, Taiwan, Thailand and the U.S. cold-rolled stainless steel flat products from $ 100 / ton to $ 1,000 / ton range, as the import source countries and regions, and stainless steel specifications. The levy is set at six months to October 21, 2009 As of the purpose is to protect the domestic steel industry in India.
June 23, 2009, Eurofer decided to import from China wire impose 24% anti-dumping tariffs, the measure will be in the Official Journal of the European Union officially released the entry into force, may be from August 2009 began the implementation, valid for 5 years .
 

In summary, globalization continues to deepen, the realignment of national economic interests, international trade friction is an increasing trend has become the norm; followed by financial, economic crisis, exacerbated by the economic development of countries misery index, countries protect their own interests and needs more urgent, international trade friction and a sharp increase is a normal phenomenon; adjustment of national economic interests, China's economic interests of the substantial growth stimulus and the impact of the economic interests of other countries, trade friction in the adjustment process to focus on China is a normal phenomenon. Normal reveal China's increased trade friction, trade environment is difficult to change in a short-term trend, the various response measures are difficult to change this trend. The impact of the rapid development of the stainless steel industry, stainless steel industry in other countries is inevitable, so the trading environment faced by the stainless steel industry in China will inevitably worsen, at least in the short term.