·The United States launched a "double-reverse" investigation on imports from Chinese car tires

On February 19th, the US Department of Commerce issued a notice to announce the launch of a “double-reverse” (anti-dumping and countervailing) investigation on truck and bus tires imported from China, involving more than $1 billion.

The decision of the US Department of Commerce was decided by the Chinese side as lack of basis. Therefore, the relevant parties in China are united and united, fighting against the wind, and striving to win this trade war that has been provoked by the United States to China.

"Double-reverse" applicant qualification has serious problems

It is understood that the product under investigation specifically refers to new pneumatic rubber tires with truck or bus tire specifications, including radial tires and non-radial tires or non-radial tires. The “dumping” period investigated was from July 1 to December 31, 2015; the “subsidy” period surveyed was for the whole year of 2015. The applicant alleged that “the dumping margin is 19.91% to 22.57%, and the subsidy rate is higher than the micro-subsidy.” In fact, the US tire companies have good production and operation and good profitability. Some major tire companies in the United States do not support the filing.

The head of the Trade Relief and Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce of China said in a statement that the decision of the US Department of Commerce for the lack of facts and legal basis, especially the applicant's qualifications and industrial representation, has serious problems.

Since 2007, the United States has initiated trade remedy investigations and imposed restrictions on multiple tire types originating in China, which has caused serious obstacles to the normal export of Chinese tire products and seriously damaged the legitimate interests of the Chinese tire industry. In this regard, China's tire industry has responded strongly, and the Chinese government will resolutely use the WTO rules to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese tire industry.

"Double-reverse" supporters are not pure

On March 1, Deng Yazhen, president of China Rubber Industry Association, said in an interview: "The Chinese tire industry has become the weight of political interests of some political groups in the United States. The United States has almost always used the "double opposition" to Chinese tire products. In the United States, we have been deeply affected by the election. In 2015, we have suffered greatly. The export of tires to the United States has fallen sharply. In 2016, it was another election year. The United States once again waved the 'double reverse' stick to Chinese automobile tires."

According to experts, the US Democratic Party and the Republican Party’s presidential ballots are very competitive this year. The US Steel Workers’ Federation is the largest ballot of the US Democratic Party, and it is likely to be making a victory for the US Democratic Party to win more presidential votes.

On February 22, the current US President Barack Obama from the US Democratic Party said at the meeting of the National Governors Association: "China's dumping of state-protected goods against the United States will not work." Tires are what Obama calls "state-protected products." .

Obama and the United Steelworkers’ Federation sang together and apparently are all winning the 2016 presidential election service for the US Democratic Party. Where is this dispute between China and the United States in the field of automobile tire trade?

The reporter further learned that the US Titan International Corporation ("Tetan") and the US Tire Refurbishment and Maintenance Information Bureau are the few "double-reverse" pioneers in the US business community. Why is that?

In November 2013, Titan announced that it will become the world's largest supplier of off-road tires and wheel systems in the next five years. Its main tire market is in North America, but its development has been unsatisfactory in recent years. It is blamed by Titan for its tires in North America. The market is increasingly competitive. Chairman and CEO Murray Taylor has repeatedly accused Chinese tires of “affecting trade fairness”.

It turns out that Titan supports "double opposition" from its expansion ambitions.

The head of the US Department of Tire Refurbishment and Maintenance Information said: "China's low-quality truck and bus tires, which sell for less than the cost of raw materials, are affecting the US refurbishment market. These imported tires create little value but can threaten the US. Thousands of workers are employed and cause a lot of pollution to the environment. We are committed to ensuring that the US retreading market is not affected by the dumping of foreign products."

It turned out that the US Bureau of Tire Refurbishment and Maintenance Information supported the "double opposition", but it was based on allegations made out of nothing to combat competitors and protect their commercial interests.

All parties in China cooperate and cooperate legally

If China let the United States unreasonable "double opposition" succeed, then the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese tire industry will be devastated by the new round of damage in the United States.

The Chinese tire industry is aware of the seriousness of this problem and responded quickly, deciding to counter the unreasonable "double opposition" according to law.

The Ministry of Commerce, the Minmetals Chemical Chamber of Commerce and the China Rubber Industry Association will timely study and deploy strategies before the Spring Festival 2016. At present, more than 30 tire manufacturers have filled out the US International Trade Commission (ITC) damage questionnaire during the Spring Festival. The export volume of the products involved in the respondents accounted for 81.7% of the US Customs statistics, and it has industry representativeness.

On February 19th, China Minmetals Chemicals Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, China Rubber Industry Association, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and other units held the “United States Anti-dumping and Anti-Subsidy Response Coordination Meeting for Chinese Car and Passenger Car Tires” in Beijing. More than 100 representatives from more than 70 enterprises involved in Shandong and Zhejiang participated in the meeting.

On March 1, Su Yongming, manager of the International Trade Department of Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd., said in an interview: "We don't believe in the US election hype. All the companies involved will unite, pick up legal weapons and actively respond. We It is necessary to fight a lawsuit against the unreasonable 'double anti-'." "China's truck and bus tires have quality advantages, the US market needs Chinese tires, and the Chinese tire industry also needs the US market." Zhu Hong, director of the Technical and Economic Committee of the China Rubber Industry Association, said Will not give up the US tire market, we have to fight to win this lawsuit.

Ye Shengji, deputy secretary-general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, also stated: "We must actively respond to the so-called 'double counter'. In this game, the relevant state departments must make a difference and cannot be passive."

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