ChinafilesWTOcomplaintoverU.S.importdutiesonChinesepaperTheAssociatedPress（美国联合通讯社，美联社）Published:September14,2007GENEVA（日内瓦）:FacingaU.S.legalassault（指控）,Chinaasserteditsrights（主张权利）byfilingaWorldTradeOrganizationcomplaintagainstantidumpingdutiesthattheUnitedStatesappliesonChinesepaperimports,tradeofficialssaidFriday.TheWTOcaseisthefirstinitiatedbyBeijingagainstWashingtoninfiveyearsandcomesontheheelsofaseriesofU.S.tradecomplaintsagainstChina.Beijingopposesthe"unfairpracticeoftheU.S.incarryingouttheantidumping"duties,anofficialattheChinesemissioninGeneva（日内瓦）said,referringtoWashington'sMay30decisiontoimpose（施加，征收）penaltytariffs（惩罚性关税）rangingfrom23.19percentto99.65percentonimportsfromChinaoftheglossypaper（coatedpaper铜版纸）isusedinartbooks,textbooksandhigh-endmagazines（高端杂志）.Theofficialspokeonconditionofanonymity（匿名）,citingChinesegovernmentrules.TheCommerceMinistryinBeijingconfirmedtheaction.SeanSpicer,spokesmanfortheU.S.traderepresentative（美国贸易代表发言人）inWashington,saidhewassurprisedbyChina'sactionbecauseafinaldecisiononthecoated-paperdutiesisnotexpecteduntilNovember.ButhesaidtheU.S.wasnotangeredbytherequestbecausesuchdisputesarenormalamongmajortradingpowers.TodayinBusinesswithReuters（路透社）"Ourlawsarefullyincompliancewith（依照，遵循）WTOobligations,andwearegoingtorigorouslydefendthem,"SpicertoldTheAssociatedPress."Thisispartofdoingbusiness.Thisishowmaturetradepartnersact."TheadministrationofU.S.PresidentGeorgeW.Bush,criticizedintheUnitedStatesforsoaringtradedeficits（飞涨的贸易赤字）,beganinvestigatingChinesepaperimportslastyearafteracomplaintbyNewPageCorp.（新页公司）,whichproducescoatedpaper.NewPagecontendedthatitfacedunfaircompetitionfromChinesecompanieswhichitalleged（NewPage宣称）receivedillegalgovernmentsupport(政府补贴).ThedecisiontoimposedutiesonChinesepaperreversed23yearsofU.S.tradepolicybytreatingChina—classifiedasanonmarketeconomy（非市场经济即计划经济）—thesamewayasotherU.S.tradingpartnersindisputesinvolvinggovernmentsubsidies(政府补贴).Sincethe1960s,theU.S.hasdeclinedtoidentifysubsidiesbyforeigngovernmentsinnonmarketeconomies（非市场经济体）.Thetheoryhasbeenthatfairpricesinsucheconomiesareimpossibletomeasure,especiallywhenthegovernmentsdon'ttellwhentheygivecompaniesfinancialaid（财政补贴）.In1986,thecourtsupheld（支持）theCommerceDepartment'sright（theDepartmentofCommerce/DOC美国商务部的权利）nottoapplydutiesagainstimportsfromnonmarketeconomies.ExpertssaythemovehasworriedBeijingbecauseitmayopenthedoorformanyotherAmericancompaniesbattered（冲击injured）inrecentyearsbyChineseimportsfloodingtheUnitedStates—fromsteeltofurniture—tocounteract(抵消)sweetheartloans（私下贷款）frombanks,rent-freelandandotherhiddensupportChinaallegedlyprovidesfirms.WashingtonhasbroughtfourcomplaintsagainstChinatotheWTOsince2006.Lastmonth,theglobalcommercebody（全球商务机构）launchedaformalinvestigationintoU.S.andMexicanallegationsthatChinaisprovidingillegalsubsidiesforarangeofindustries(一些产业),includingpaper.AseparateWTOpanelisexpectedtobecreatedonSept.25toexamineU.S.claimsthatChinahasfailedtoprotectintellectualpropertyrights（IPRs知识产权）,whileafirstdecisionbythetradebodycouldcomelaterthisyearinacasebroughtbytheU.S.andthe27-nationEUoverallegationsthatChinamaintainsanillegaltaxsystemtoblockimportsofforeign...
