商务英语综合教程下册课件房玉靖主编 ISBN9787810789707Unit 2 Invisible Barriers.ppt

Unit Two Introduction Tariff, tax levied by a government on imports and exports, seems familiar to everyone. However, to get it clear is not as easy as it is supposed to be , and it is much more difficult to solve the disputes that resulted from it. 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. 10 France, which had been backing the anti-dumping proposals, was not pleased. Now President Jacques Chirac is demanding a reopening of the EU anti-dumping inquiry. French officials privately admit that Chirac is determined to get the high anti-dumping tariffs to protect the French cotton-producing and weaving sector. But, such a flagrant attempt to inject politics into the anti-dumping decision has alarmed many trade officials. 1.invisible Barriers: 无形贸易壁垒 2.global trade liberalization 全球贸易自由化 3.Asian ire is directed for the moment at the European Union’s rules to deal with “dumped” imports--goods which the EU believes are being sold inside the 15- nation bloc at prices lower than the cost of production. 4. The EU, they complain, is using anti-dumping instruments to keep out low-cost Asian exports, even when there’s no proof of dumping or damage to European producers. 5. Multifibre Arrangement：(MFA) 6. Asians have long argued that the methods for determining injury to domestic industry and calculating dumping margins before imposing the fines are flawed.. 7. If WTO members can agree on clear guidelines for curbing industrial subsidies, for instance，Europeans won’t be able to argue that Asian companies are using government