外部基准:另一种替代国价格

The External Benchmark:An Alternative to the Surrogate Price

随着中国成为全球和美国反补贴调查的主要目标国,反补贴中的价格比较及其度量基准,尤其是与反倾销"替代国价格"类似的"外部基准"问题已日益引起关注。本文认为,外部基准本质上是另一种替代国价格,两者的共同之处在于适用前提、方法原理和贸易保护效果相似,而且,对于"非市场经济"国家而言,即使替代国价格与反补贴同时适用的重复救济问题得到解决,但鉴于外部基准是反补贴一般规则、所针对的贸易扭曲行为主体是政府、所涉市场为要素市场,其频繁适用的最终效果或许将甚于替代国价格。

As China has become the major target of both global and U.S.CVD investigations,price comparison and its benchmark in CVD investigations,particularly the external benchmark similar to the surrogate price in anti-dumping investigations,have aroused much attention.This paper indicates that the external benchmark is essentially an alternative to the surrogate price,as both have similarities in applicable preconditions and methods,as well as trade protection effects.Moreover,as far as the nonmarket-economy countries are concerned,even if the double remedy problems are solved and the surrogate price methodology is ultimately terminated,as the external benchmark is a generally applicable rule and addresses the distortion by government interventions in resources markets,the ultimate effects of its frequent use could be worse than the surrogate price.