WTO之“美国201钢铁保障措施案”研究

A Case Study on the WTO Dispute of US-Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Certain Steel Products

本文针对中国加入WTO后第一起争端解决案件,结合专家组报告、上诉机构报告以及中国的书面陈述,就案件的程序和实体法律问题进行了梳理和分析,并从实践的角度出发,对以下问题进行了总结:该案对WTO案例法的继承和突破、WTO是否允许采取保障措施、该案所涉及的保障措施的报复问题。

In light of the panel report,appellate body report and China’s two submissions,this article combs and analyses the main aspects of various procedural and substantial problems arising out of the first WTO dispute that China has ever participated in since her entry into WTO.From a practical perspective,this article draws some conclusions on the following problems:the WTO law inherited and developed by the case;the legitimacy of safeguard measures under the WTO rules;the retaliatory measures against the safeguard measures in question.