三级aa视频在线观看-三级国产-三级国产精品一区二区-三级国产三级在线-三级国产在线

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Business
Home / Business / Top News

US business execs oppose more tariffs

By Hao Huanxin in Washington and Jing Shuiyu in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-27 09:32
Share
Share - WeChat

Many US business executives who testified during seven days of hearings on proposed additional tariffs on Chinese products said they hadn't encountered forced transfers of technology and that heavy duties are an inappropriate tool for intellectual property protection.

Chinese experts, meanwhile, contended that the misuse of tariffs as a weapon will backfire. It will hurt not only US consumers, but also most of the large US business groups that invest in China on a voluntary and mutually beneficial footing with their Chinese counterparts, they said.

At least 330 businesses and industrial groups testified during the hearings, which concluded on Tuesday, on the proposed 25 percent additional duties on around $300 billion worth of Chinese goods. The US Trade Representative's Office has said the proposed tariffs were a supplemental action in response to China's "unfair trade practices" related to technology transfers, intellectual property and innovation.

The majority of the witnesses said the tariffs would raise consumer prices, disrupt supply chains and undermine businesses. They also argued that their Chinese partners are practically irreplaceable, while some tried to alleviate US officials' concerns about China's trade practices.

Colin Angle, chairman and CEO of iRobot, a consumer robotics company, testified on the first day of the hearing that his company has used legal action to protect its intellectual property rights and takes the position that this is a more appropriate tool than tariffs.

"Although iRobot uses contract manufacturers in China, the company has not had to enter joint ventures, nor been forced to transfer its technology to China," he told a panel of US trade officials from the USTR, the Commerce and Treasury departments and other federal agencies.

iRobot resolved a case in October in which it argued that its patents were infringed upon by "several factories in China", he said.

In a policy report issued early this month, Beijing stated that accusing China of stealing intellectual property to support its own development is an "unfounded fabrication".

It said China has established a legal system for IP protection that is consistent with prevailing international rules and adapted to China's domestic conditions. China strongly opposes forced technology transfers and takes "resolute" action against intellectual property infringement, the policy report said.

Monica Gorman, vice-president of footwear maker New Balance, who sought exemption for the company's Chinese imports from the proposed target list, said in her testimony that in August 2017, the company secured a "landmark" legal victory in Chinese courts against a major Chinese counterfeiter.

"New Balance received the highest intellectual property damages ever awarded to a Western company inside China," Gorman said.

Philip Poel, CEO of Ember Technologies, brought a temperature-adjustable mug with him when he attended the hearing. He said the company's mugs were 100 percent made in China. Ember was founded in 2010 by Clayton Alexander, who holds more than 100 patents worldwide and is the inventor of the General Electric LED light bulb Infusion.

That prompted a USTR official to ask how he protected patents in contract manufacturing.

"If you've been through or had the chance to visit a factory that we manufacture at, when you come into those factories, no keys, no phones. No, it's very much a lockdown situation," Poel told the official. "So they're protected through our vendor."

Chinese analysts said US-China trade tensions are presenting significant risks for Chinese and US businesses alike.

Zhou Mi, deputy director of the Institute of American and Oceania Studies of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation under the Ministry of Commerce, said increased tariffs have led to a five-month decline in China's exports to the US and reduced US exports to China for eight consecutive months.

The proposed US list for imposition of tariffs on about $300 billion worth of Chinese imports would cause US prices for cellphones generally to rise by 14 percent, according to research by Trade Partnership Worldwide, an international trade and economic consulting company.

Uncertainty in tariff measures has also resulted in a wait-and-see attitude toward investment cooperation between enterprises in the two countries, Zhou said.

Contact the writers at huanxinzhao@chinadailyusa.com

Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
CLOSE
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 在线观看黄色小视频 | 久久精品中文字幕有码日本 | 色偷偷亚洲第一成人综合网址 | 久草在线视频免费资源观看 | 黄色a级毛片 | 欧美黄色大全 | 黄视频网站免费 | 国产精品极品美女自在线看免费一区二区 | 亚洲国产成人va在线观看网址 | 国产一区二区三区四区波多野结衣 | 欧美精品日韩一区二区三区 | 日本大片免a费观看视频+播放器 | 久久99热这里只频精品6中文字幕 | 精品欧美一区二区在线观看 | 日本69sex护士泡妞 | 国产成人精品视频在放 | 日本欧洲95视频 | 高清国产精品久久久久 | 国产精品视频人人做人人爱 | 亚洲国产综合专区在线播一一 | 在线你懂的网站 | 91视频视频 | 亚洲一二区 | 一级aaa毛片 | 九九热精品免费视频 | 欧美日韩中文字幕一区二区高清 | 国产人成精品 | 日韩成人黄色 | 免费人成观看在线网 | 玖玖爱视频在线观看 | 黄色网址在线免费 | 亚洲国产精品综合久久网络 | 上海麻豆文化传媒网站入口 | 欧美成人r级在线播放 | jiz欧美高清| 一区二区在线免费视频 | 欧美日韩大片在线观看 | 麻豆视传媒短视频网站 - | 黄色免费小网站 | 一区二区三区无码高清视频 | 一级成人黄色片 |