综合一区欧美国产,99国产麻豆免费精品,九九精品黄色录像,亚洲激情青青草,久久亚洲熟妇熟,中文字幕av在线播放,国产一区二区卡,九九久久国产精品,久久精品视频免费

chinadaily.com.cn
left corner left corner
China Daily Website

EU, US, Japan request WTO panel over China rare earth dispute

Updated: 2012-06-28 10:18
( Xinhua)

GENEVA - The European Union, the United States and Japan on Wednesday requested the establishment of a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organization over alleged Chinese export restrictions on rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum.

"Despite the very clear WTO ruling earlier this year in the first raw materials case, Beijing has not taken steps to remove these export restrictions. We regret that we are left with no other choice but to solve this through litigation," EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said in a statement.

"It is vital that US workers and manufacturers obtain the fair and equal access to raw materials like rare earths that China specifically agreed to when it joined the WTO," said US Trade Representative Ron Kirk.

EU, the US and Japan requested a special meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body to be held on July 10 to consider their requests for panels to examine China's exports measures on rare earths, according to the WTO website.

The three countries requested consultations with China on March 13 on the export restrictions of various raw materials including rare earths. Formal consultations were held in April but failed to find a solution.

Requesting a panel is the next step in the WTO dispute settlement process after requesting consultations.

China lost an appeal in the WTO in January after the US, EU and Mexico launched cases over China's export restraints on nine raw materials, including zinc, coke and magnesium.

China has abundant reserves of rare earth metals, a group of 17 elements that are vital for manufacturing an array of high-tech products, including cell phones, wind turbines, electric car batteries and missiles.

The country has supplied more than 90 percent of rare earth products on the global market, but its reserves only account for about one-third of the world's total. Disorderly mining of rare earths has been blamed for environmental damage in rare-earth-rich regions across China.

A white paper published by the Information Office of the State Council, or China's cabinet earlier this month said China would continue to intensify regulations for the rare earth sector while supplying the global market in line with WTO rules.

Stricter environmental standards and protective exploitation policies would be implemented for the rare earth industry, the white paper added.

...

...
...
鄄城县| 依兰县| 密山市| 南木林县| 绵竹市| 黎平县| 汝阳县| 扬中市| 晋州市| 赤壁市| 连云港市| 申扎县| 依安县| 石泉县| 太湖县| 桑植县| 类乌齐县| 巴彦淖尔市| 交城县| 东山县| 寻乌县| 定南县| 遂昌县| 衡水市| 龙门县| 翼城县| 广德县| 堆龙德庆县| 吉首市| 遵义县| 尚义县| 靖江市| 汝南县| 永城市| 治县。| 曲阜市| 壶关县| 平顶山市| 仁布县| 肃北| 东平县|