Thread: China Paper Producers Criticize U.S.

China Paper Producers Criticize U.S.
Posted 04 April 2007 @ 07:24 am ESTIBTimes
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China's paper industry association urged the United States to scrap new tariffs on Chinese paper, criticizing the measure Wednesday as a violation of free trade.

The Bush administration, facing increasing anger over soaring trade deficits, said Friday it would impose the tariffs on Chinese coated high-gloss paper.


"We hope the U.S. side will abandon the discriminatory policy against the Chinese paper industry, reconsider the decision and correct it as soon as possible," Chinese paper association said on its Web site.

The statement did not say how the duties would affect domestic paper producers.

The U.S. Commerce Department imposed penalty tariffs ranging from 10.9 percent to 20.4 percent on imports of glossy paper from China. The tariffs will take effect next week on a preliminary basis and will become final after a further review by the department is completed in June.

The decision "was a protectionist practice and was against the principle of free trade," said the paper association.

The growing U.S. trade deficit with China is a major source of irritation for U.S. lawmakers. American manufacturers say China keeps its currency undervalued by up to 40 percent, giving its exports an unfair price advantage.

The latest U.S. decision reversed 23 years of precedent by imposing the penalties on a nonmarket economy such as China.

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On the Net:

China Paper Association (in Chinese): http://www.chinappi.org

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2007040 ... -paper.htm

The decision "was a protectionist practice and was against the principle of free trade," said the paper association.

Yes Moron, it is in the best intrest of the US to PROTECT OUR JOBS and WAY OF LIFE and not that of COMMUNISTS!

No kidding, we don't owe the commies anything.

Tell them to refund us for the Stealth Bomber they took apart and looted the technology.

Dixie

"We hope the U.S. side will abandon the discriminatory policy against the Chinese paper industry, reconsider the decision and correct it as soon as possible," Chinese paper association said on its Web site.

I am so biting my tongue!!

One world global communism. The New World Order. War is peace.

This sends a chill down my spine. But at least I have one. Better than most of the elected elite.

Their Communist Paper is not fit for my outhouse.

Every product that comes out of that cou try is contaminated. I buy no food products from Commie Land and I certainly wont buy anything will hold food. They dont have any enviormental controls. You think the pet food is bad. What happens when they "accidnetly" contaminate human food?