Ministry of Commerce: this year the international trade friction situation is extremely grim

Xinhua Guangzhou, April 18, China's Ministry of Commerce import and Export Fair Trade Bureau in charge of 18th in the Canton Fair, said the media interview, affected by the financial crisis, this year the international trade friction situation is extremely grim.　　Rules game, System competition, public choice and exchange rate debate will become the main characteristics of international trade friction this year. The Ministry of Commerce import and export Fair Trade Bureau Director Yongru at the 107th session of the Canton Fair said that in the first quarter of this year, a total of 10 countries to China launched 19 anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguard measure investigation, directly related to China's export amount of 1.2 billion U.S. dollars.　　In retrospect 2009, a total of 22 countries and regions launched 116 anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguard measures and special insurance investigations against China, which directly involved the export amount of USD 12.6 billion. Yongru said: "Last year, China's GDP accounted for 8% of the world, exports accounted for 9.6% of the world, and suffered anti-dumping accounted for around 40% of the world, countervailing subsidies accounted for 75% of the world, foreign trade industry by the impact of international friction can be seen." "Against the situation of trade frictions this year, Yongru said that under the impact of the financial crisis, countries and regions such as Europe and the United States and the emergence of" re-industrialization "," industrial return "trend of thought, import substitution and export to promote the combination of new mercantilism prevails, in response to Chinese products, trade frictions are increasing, China's export trade environment is not But the rule game, the system competition, the public choice, the exchange rate debate will become this year international trade friction main characteristic.　　At the same time, the volatility of consumer confidence and the potential exit of stimulus will make international markets fraught with uncertainty. In this regard, he believes that the response to trade frictions needs the Chinese government, enterprises, industrial organizations close cooperation, the need for benign interaction at home and abroad. The government still needs to stick to the policy of attacking and defending, to enhance the trade policy direction, and the enterprises should understand the general trend, enhance the global vision and adopt the differentiated strategy, and continuously improve the bargaining power in the competition and cooperation. Through the cooperation of all parties to create a price and non-price factors in China's product core competitiveness.