对日本政府关于美国针对部分钢铁产品采取保障措施案的对策评述

2 0 0 1年美国依据其 2 0 1条款决定对进口的部分钢铁产品采取为期 3年的保障措施 ,欧盟、日本、韩国、中国、俄罗斯、巴西等国家纷纷因此受到限制和损害 ,该案为中国加入WTO后的第一案。日本在根据WTO的规则提出同美国的磋商要求未有结果后 ,向DSB提出了成立专家组的要求 ,专家组成立后向其提交了申斥材料。本文对该材料进行了认真的研究 ,归纳和总结了日本在本案中的观点和应对策略和措施及对我国产生的启示 ,旨在为提高我国今后在参与和解决国际贸易争端起到积极的作用。

Commentary on Actions of Japanese Government in the Case of Steel Safeguard Measures Taken by USA against Importation of Certain Steel Products

Since the United States of America decided to take safeguard measures against importation of certain steel products in the coming three years under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 in 2001, the exportation of steel products from countries which include European community, Japan, South Korea, China, Russia, Brazil etc. are thus seriously limited and injured. After no agreements had been reached in the consultation with USA, Japanese government put forward a requirement of forming a panel to DSB to deal with the case in light of regulations of WTO and then submitted to it in two times. This paper analyses the viewpoints of Japanese Government as well as induces the measures taken in its submission and indicates the enlightenments for China on the basis of specific study of its submissions in the case, in order to take an active role in the course of China's joining in the settlement of international trade disputes afterward since China's accession to WTO in 2001.