美国国际贸易法院判定美国商务部对河北兴茂轮胎有限公司非公路用轮胎“双反”措施不当案评述

Comment on the Case:GPX International Tire Corporation and Hebei Starbright Tire Co.,Ltd.,v. the Department of Commerce of United States for Its Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty Determinations on Pneumatic Off-the-road Tires from the P.R. China

美国进口商和中国出口商不满美国商务部对来自中国的某些非公路用轮胎实施反倾销和反补贴税的裁定,向美国国际贸易法院提出起诉。美国国际贸易法院裁定,美国法律没有明确规定反倾销税法是否可适用于非市场经济国家;本案中美国商务部做的"双反"裁定,在方法上不合理。本文在介绍该案的基本案情、归纳法院推理和判决的基础上,对该案涉及的法律问题做了简要评论。

American domestic importer （GPX INTERNATIONAL TIRE CORPORATION ） and foreign producer/exporter（ Hebei Starbright Tire Co., Ltd.） of pneumatic off-the-road （OTR） tires from the People＇s Republic of China （PRC） filed complaints contesting the Department of Commerce＇s countervailing duty （CVD） and antidumping duty （AD） determinations and the International Trade Commission＇s （ITC＇s） in- jury determinations. The Court of International Trade, Jane A. Restani, Chief Judge, held that： （1） unfair trade statutes did not bar Department from imposing CVDs on products from a nonrnarket economy （NME） country; but （2） Department＇s methodology for applying CVD law to goods from the PRC that were subject to NME AD calculations was unreasonable. This article briefly introduced the facts of the case, analyzed the reasoning of the Court＇s decision, then commented on some legal issues of this case.