WTO Questions The Trade Policy Of American Leather Industry

world Trade The 11th trade policy review of the United States concluded in Geneva on the 20th. While affirming the important role of the United States in Global trade, the WTO members questioned some current US trade policies.

During the deliberation, 36 WTO members raised more than 1500 questions to the US side, expressing their concerns and doubts about the relevant US trade policies, and hoped that the US side would take actions to respond to and solve the problems.

Agriculture is an important area that WTO members pay close attention to. Some representatives of WTO members have proposed that the new US agricultural bill will be introduced in 2013, hoping that the US side will take this opportunity to reexamine its high subsidy agricultural trade policy.

Many delegates pointed out that the United States, on the ground of national security, requires 100% scanning and testing of all shipping containers during customs entry inspection, which raises concerns about the increased trade costs.

The delegates generally believed that the origin labeling rules of the United States were "cumbersome, outdated and opaque", which increased the burden of international trade, acted as a non-tariff barrier and hindered the free flow of trade.

In terms of non-tariff barriers, some representatives believed that many practices of the United States were not satisfactory. They pointed out that in the process of implementing the agreement on technical barriers to trade (TBT) and the agreement on the implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS), the specific measures are complex and the procedures are cumbersome, and many standards cannot be linked with international standards.

Many representatives pointed out that although the current tariff level of the United States is relatively low, the tariff level of the United States is relatively low Leatherwear High tariffs are maintained in sectors of interest to developing countries, such as textiles and agricultural products, or imports are controlled through quotas. This is unfair.

Some representatives questioned that the United States placed bilateral and regional trade agreements above the multilateral trading system. In response, China's permanent representative to the WTO, Yi Xiaozhun, urged the United States to give priority to the multilateral trading system and take a more positive attitude to enter the Doha Round negotiations.

Delegates generally hope that the United States can play a leading role in the multilateral trading system, especially in the Doha Round negotiations, and hope to cooperate with the United States to solve difficulties and restore confidence in the multilateral trading system.

Michael punk, Deputy U.S. trade negotiator and ambassador to the WTO, said that the United States is opening up market And to abide by the rules of the multilateral trading system.

The WTO trade policy review system is one of the permanent mechanisms of the WTO. Its purpose is to increase the transparency of trade policies of all members, deepen the understanding of the policies of the members under review by other members, and encourage all members to abide by the WTO rules and keep the relevant commitments.

According to WTO rules, all members are subject to regular review, with the top four members in terms of trade volume subject to review every two years.