6-23：中国，欧盟，美国 WTO 稀土对质的最新情况：

是来自英国 报纸6-23 的Guardian ：

原文如下

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8572593

*（ Reuters, Tuesday June 23 2009）

* EU to take China to WTO over raw materials quotas/duties 在世贸，

* EU, U.S. seek consultations at global trade watchdog 欧盟美国找上中国：

* Say China duties/quotas distort market 对中国的指控,

* Materials used in steel, aircraft, autos, chemicals 稀土的用途


（1）背景资料：
（路透布鲁塞尔6月11日电---

欧盟和产业消息人士表示,针对中国限制约20种工业原材料出口,本月欧盟和美国将在世界贸易组织(WTO)采取行动.http://cache.daqi.com/view/2606934.html
　　
　　　　消息人士向路透表示,欧盟与美国将在6月22日正式要求与中国针对此事进行协商.若协商破裂,下一步将是要求世界贸易组织(WTO)小组受理申诉.
欧盟与美国指出,中国持续限制用于钢铁、半导体、飞机等产品的原料出口,尽管中国政府在2001年加入WTO时承诺,将取消出口的赋税及费用。
消息人士还透露,欧盟和美国还未敲定原材料的最终名单.
最终涉及的原材料数量大约在20种.）

（2）09-6-23 ：今天的报道
By Darren Ennis

BRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) -

选定了十种稀土
The European Union will take action with the United States at the World Trade Organisation over Chinese export restrictions on around 10 industrial raw materials, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

The Commission -- which oversees trade for the 27-nation bloc -- said it would formally seek consultations with Beijing at the global trade watchdog, confirming a Reuters story from earlier this month.
在世贸的行动

If these talks fail, the next step would be to request a WTO panel to hear the complaint, further damaging Washington\'s and Brussels\' brittle economic and political relations with Beijing. 谈不成就..........

The Chinese restrictions on raw materials distort competition and increase global prices, making things even more difficult for our companies in this economic downturn, EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton said in a statement.稀土价格上涨？

I hope that we can find an amicable solution to this issue through the consultation process, she said. The EU and the United States say China has continued to restrict exports of raw materials used in steel, microchips, planes and other products despite Beijing\'s pledge to eliminate export taxes and charges when it joined the WTO in 2001. The materials covered by the case include yellow phosphorous, bauxite, coke, fluorspar, magnesium rare earths, silicon and zinc.（这件案子预料会涉及的原材料包括黄磷、锑、铝矾土、焦煤、氟石、铟、碳酸镁、钼、稀土、硅、滑石、锡、钨和锌等. ：
见上参考背景）

RISING DISPUTES ：欧美不满的原因

Trade disputes between Brussels and Beijing are on the rise since the EU\'s trade deficit with China has ballooned. The EU has imposed a number of anti-dumping tariffs on imports of Chinese goods ranging from shoes to steel products.中国对欧盟的出口是顺差


EU exports to China rose to 78 billion euros ($106 billion) in 2008 from 26 billion euros in 2000, while imports from China rose to 248 billion euros from 75 billion euros over the same period.
2008年双方的贸易往来


EU member states backed the move at a meeting of national trade officials earlier this month.欧盟成员国一致对外

European and U.S. steelmakers accuse China of giving its own steel companies an unfair advantage by restricting exports of coke and other materials used to make steel.中国在偏帮自己人？

European industry also has objected to what it calls China\'s use of export curbs to drive down domestic raw material costs at the expense of foreign producers. 中国是在帮自己

去年的事
Europe\'s chemical sector is particularly unhappy with Beijing\'s decision last year to impose a 120 percent tax on exports of yellow phosphorous.
Phosphorus is crucial for the chemical industry and is used in many products including fire extinguishers and detergents. 和黄磷有关的那点事

(Editing by Dale Hudson)