Sino-U.S. Automobile Trade Fights Again Waves the United States to Consider Sanctioning Chinese Parts and Components

According to a comprehensive foreign report, on June 15th, a senior US trade department official said that he was considering taking action to punish auto parts imported from China and strictly examined other issues concerning Sino-US auto trade.

Tim Reif, general counsel of the Office of the United States Trade Representative USTR, told reporters on the sanctions against Chinese auto parts: “We are examining a series of bilateral relations issues, including The domain (dispute) is still in the research stage, so there is no more relevant content to report on. However, we are really studying these topics and are also investigating issues related to the automotive industry."

Earlier this year, the U.S. steel trade union and related organizations began pressing President Barack Obama at the onset of the election, demanding that the "torrents" of auto parts imported from China be blocked. These organizations urged Obama to sue the WTO to the WTO, or to initiate an anti-dumping/subsidy investigation against China's auto parts.

Since then, 188 lawmakers have written to Obama collectively, accusing China of adopting various subsidy policies, resulting in an unfair trade advantage and renewing demands for sanctions on Chinese auto parts and components. A large proportion of these members of the National Assembly are from large industrial areas in the Midwest, such as Ohio and Michigan. They play an important role in Obama’s November election.

Regarding the current intention of sanctioning Chinese auto parts, Livf emphasized that all actions will be based on "a careful examination of the actual situation" and not to help Obama win the votes. The explanation stated: "As we all know, the preparation time of these cases is likely to reach several months or even several years. Therefore, when you see us requesting the WTO, this decision is not the last two or two months. under."