(精选)商务英语综合教程(下册)Unit 2 Invisible Barriers课件.pptVIP

Unit Two ;Introduction; Text ; 1 Asians say politics is behind EU anti-dumping action. Six months ago, the world’s top trading nations met in Singapore to celebrate global trade liberalization, which helped boost world trade to a record $6.3 trillion last year. But watch out, say Asian exporters: While quotas and tariffs may be on the way out, protectionism of another kind is still alive and thriving. ; 4 For proof, they cite recent efforts by France--opposed by other EU members--to impose anti-dumping tariffs to protect domestic cotton producers and weavers. What’s more, many trade experts warn that such incidents are likely to rise as quotas on textiles and garments imposed under the 30-year-old Multifibre Arrangement are phased out. ; 5 China, the target of 69 anti-dumping investigations that cover almost 20％--or$2 billion --of its exports to the EU, is particularly aggrieved. “The facts show that the EU is using its anti-dumping policy as a substitute form of trade barrier,” says Zhang Shenggeng，a senior trade official at the Chinese mission in Brussels． ; 6 This anger at the EU’s use of anti-dumping duties--most often directed against Asia’s exports of textiles, footwear, electronic goods and chemicals-is not new．Asians have long argued that the methods for determining injury to domestic industry and calculating dumping margins before imposing the fines are flawed. ; 7 Asians contend that the EU’s growing enthusiasm for anti-dumping penalties is due to the great power wielded in Brussels by European manufacturers. “EU civil servants are supposed to look at the wider interest of all European economic players before they take an anti-dumping decision, but manufacturers get listened to most,” agrees Christopher Starns，director of the British Importers Association. ; 8 Now, to make matters worse，EU government seem to be getting