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Electronic product custom duty offends conflict beautiful day to combine shape to accuse an European Union

May 30, 2008

Be aimed at the custom duty problem of product of electron of 3 kinds of commonly used high-tech, the United States and Japan all mentioned 28 days to the European Union in WTO lawsuit.

It is reported, of the United States and Japan complain basically involve a television to carry computer of box, flat on the head monitor and muti_function printer 3 kinds of products, the European Union imposes import custom duty to these products at present. Nevertheless, the trade official of the American company such as HP and United States shows, this kind of product should be ordered 1997 by World Trade Organization ” IT agreement ” (the protection of ITA) . Country of the member that this agreement asks is avoided to all IT products impose custom duty.

Be in 28 days together, japanese official also shows, japan sues an European Union according to WTO regulation first, the custom duty that says the European Union is collected to 3 kinds of afore-mentioned commodity is exorbitant, inequitable. This is Japan since 2004 first to WTO to lodge a complaint.

Japan and United States claim, muti_function printer also should belong to IT product, because its pass personal computer,will undertake operating. Japan and United States already will muti_function the tariff of printer is surely 0. Printer, electrograph and scanner are included to be in the clause of IT agreement.

Think inside course of study, this the focus of trade controversial issue depends on the illuminate to ITA. This agreement that aims to drive global high-tech to innovate sets, besides the exception with limited section, the custom duty of the high-tech product that concerns with computer will cancel entirely. Current, the European Union provides the printer of duplicate, fax and scanning function to impose the custom duty of 6% to holding concurrently, because its think this kind of printer belongs to copycat, and copycat does not include to be in 1996 in the category of IT agreement.

Official statistic says, total value of afore-mentioned product of 3 kinds of high-tech that the European Union imported last year amount to 11 billion dollar, and Japan exported an European Union 2006 of 27 countries muti_function of printer trade amount amounts to left and right sides of 295 billion yen.

The spokesman of HP expresses, still do not understand the effect that after all product of how many United States got custom duty rises at present. Represent the lawyer Nuoweike of American high-tech industry to think, the European Union imposed custom duty to the product that covers in ITA apparently.

Nevertheless, european Union respect objects. European Union committee publishs a statement 28 days to say, the European Union imposes custom duty to partial IT product and did not disobey WTO relevant provision, the accusation that the United States mentions to WTO is blankety-blank. The European Union says, afore-mentioned controversy products all are absent ” IT agreement ” consultative range. The European Union says, these products should be not regarded as true high-tech, because they and traditional media produced competition. Citing will tell, flat computer monitor also can be used as a television. Additional, have at the same time what fax and print a function is scanning, muti_function office equipment still belongs to copycat substantially, be absent ” IT agreement ” inside applicable printer category, because this can impose custom duty.

European Union respect says, ou Fang is willing the product that through editing ITA overcomes new technology to bring limits difficult problem, this must fall in multilateral frame with conclude a treaty each square negotiation decision, but the United States is not accepted all the time to this, and go up in bilateral level to lodge a complaint is helpless at solving a problem.

Analytic personage points out, although the United States and European Union are the closest,acceptance wants contractible those this commerce difference between, but this case is met probably the continual conflict between aggravate beautiful Ou Zhi, the duty of diesel oil of matter of opposite of the controversy that includes to offer allowance place to cause to aircraft manufacturer, United States the exit of derate and American chicken, etc. (Small how)

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