2004 Report to Congress on China's Wto Compliance

By United States Department of the Treasury

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Title:	2004 Report to Congress on China's Wto Compliance
Author:	United States Department of the Treasury
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Economics., United States. Department of the Treasury--Appropriations and Expenditures.
Collections:	Government Library Collection, U.S. Department of the Treasury Collection
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Publisher:	United States Department of the Treasury


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Excerpt
Excerpt: Like the prior reports, this report is structured as an examination of the nine broad categories of WTO commitments undertaken by China. Throughout the report, USTR has attempted to provide as complete a picture of China?s WTO compliance as possible, subject to the inherent constraints presented by the sheer volume and complexity of the required changes to China?s trade regime and transparency obstacles. USTR notes areas where progress has been achieved and underscores shortcomings as appropriate, not only with regard to the commitments that became effective upon China?s accession, but also the commitments scheduled to be phased in during this past year.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 China?s WTO Accession Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Overview of China?s WTO Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 STATUS OF CHINA?S WTO COMPLIANCE EFFORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Trading Rights and Distribution Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Trading Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Distribution Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Import Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Tariffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Customs and Trade Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Non-tariff Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Tariff-rate Quotas on Industrial Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Other Import Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Export Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Internal Policies Affecting Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Non-discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Subsidies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Price Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Other Internal Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Tariffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 China?s Biotechnology Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Tariff-rate Quotas on Bulk Agricultural Commodities . . . . . . . . . . 53 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Inspection-related Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Export Subsidies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58