The so-called dumping refers to the fact that manufacturers sell their products in foreign markets at prices lower than those of origin, which is an act of squeezing competitors and seizing the market with low prices, which is not allowed in the WTO rules

However, dumping is a typical kind of people's inaction, official accountability, if there is no enterprise to the government agency in charge of trade, the government will not take the initiative to intervene in dumping, in the early years of China's export of silk to the West, The prices of tea and other commodities are surprisingly low, not to mention the sales price ratio with the place of origin, that is, compared with the cost, which is seriously underestimated, but Western buyers do not care about this, and have never raised any dumping problems, the reason is very simple, these products are not products that compete with Western enterprises, and Westerners still wish that you continue to reduce prices, and it is better to be willing to give them away for nothing

However, as China's export commodities gradually shifted to mainly industrial manufactured products, the number of anti-dumping investigations filed by Western countries in Chinese enterprises became more and more numerous, and in the 90s of the last century, due to the shortage of foreign exchange and the unsatisfactory quality of products, China could only sell its own industrial products at low prices

Since the beginning of the new century, the quality of China's products has continued to improve, and foreign trade has shifted from deficit to surplus dumping, and this means has not been used much, but at this time, Western countries have begun to constantly wield the big stick of antidumping, and frequently accuse Chinese products of dumping, and then begin a lengthy investigation procedure

The great thing about this anti-dumping method is not that the high anti-dumping duties after the investigation is verified, but that in order to prove that the enterprise under investigation has dumping behavior, it needs to go through a long process, and in this process, the exports of the enterprise under investigation will be seriously affected, and even if the dumping accusation is proved to be false, the time that has been delayed is irretrievable

What Khedira has to do now is to get the EU to initiate an anti-dumping investigation process for several kinds of mechanical and electrical products exported by China to Europe, and use this procedure to create problems for the sales of Chinese products, so as to buy respite for ALK, and if all goes well, ALK can adjust its product line during this time, complete the research and development of several new products, and thus form some new competitive advantages

Khedira actually studied the price of Hanhua's products, he knew very well that Hanhua's products were not dumped, and the reason for their low prices was that China's low labor costs and more frugal internal cost control were not possible for European companies, and Khedira did not expect the final anti-dumping investigation to be unfavorable to Hanhua, he just wanted a process, if possible, the process could drag on for up to three or even five years

Of course, in order for the EU to accept ALK's application for anti-dumping investigation, the key factor lies in Hiat's cooperation with anti-dumping, and the advantage of this means is that it does not need too much conclusive evidence in advance, as long as the injured enterprise submits it, the government department can consider whether to accept the application at its discretion, anyway, it is just a big deal to investigate, and finally come to the conclusion that an accusation is not established

Present the evidence to me, Siat muttered for a moment before speaking to Khedira

Khedira took out a large pile of materials from his bag and handed them to Siat, these materials are nothing more than the price, cost and other data of various products, if he wishes, it is completely possible to draw a conclusion that a Chinese company is suspected of dumping, of course, if Siat does not cooperate, these materials can also be said to be a pile of waste paper

Mr. Hiat, I hope that the EU will be cautious about our demands, we are not just fighting for ALK, and the dumping behavior of the Chinese harms the interests of all European companies, Khedira said solemnly

Siat took the materials handed over by Khedira, looked through a few copies, and then frowned and said: Mr. Khedira, with all due respect, I think it is not a particularly good time to start an anti-dumping investigation against Chinese mechanical and electrical enterprises at this time, I suggest that you have some more in-depth communication with Chinese companies such as Hanhua Heavy Industries, and everyone can eliminate differences and seek a win-win result...,

This is impossible, Khedira said, Mr. Hiat, you should know that the Chinese want to live as rich as us Europeans, and this is impossible to do, the earth can only feed one Europe plus one United States, if the Chinese are also as rich as us Europe and Americans, the resources on the earth are not enough, so the contradictions between us and China are unsolvable

Hiat's eyebrows furrowed even more, from Khedira's words, he clearly heard Hitler's tone before World War II, you must know that the reason why Hitler started World War II was also that the living space was not allocated enough, and in order to compete for the living space, it was necessary to start a life-and-death war

Okay, Mr. Khedira, these materials will be left with me for the first time, and I will ask our professionals to study them again to see if they can constitute a sufficient basis for launching an anti-dumping investigation against China's Hanhua Heavy Industries, and Xiat said in a perfunctory tone

Khedira poked his head in front of Hiat, and said, "Mr. Hiat, I know your working procedures, and in fact it is up to you to decide whether this evidence is sufficient or not, so I earnestly ask that you take our request seriously

Belch...... Mr. Khedira, you are sloppy in saying this, we have our working procedures, and they cannot be changed at will, okay, I promise you, if possible, we will try to accommodate your requests, Siat nodded helplessly

How long will it take you to study this information, Khedira asked aggressively

We'll do it as soon as possible, no more than four weeks, Hiat

Four weeks Khedira shouted, four weeks is enough time for the Chinese and European merchants to sign all the contracts for this year, no, no, no, I hope you can speed up, be sure to announce the news of the anti-dumping investigation against China at the exhibition before the end of this exhibition

Mr. Khedira: I don't think you are qualified to interfere in the work process of our EU Trade Commission, Siat is a little annoyed, but given that ALK is also a big business in Europe, Siat is not convenient to directly turn against Khedira, he thought about it and said: In this way, I will ask my colleagues to speed up a little, but I can't promise you what the final result is

Okay, I'll wait for your news at the show, Khedira replied

Walking out of the Puwalker Hotel, Khedira only felt exhausted, he looked around and saw the citizens of Frankfurt coming and going on the street, all with confident and satisfied smiles on their faces, the sky was like that, the blue flowers were so bright, and there was not the slightest sign that a crisis was coming

Maybe he is the only one worried in this land, Julian, Marco, and this Hiat, they are still living in a beautiful dream, fantasizing that as long as they don't go against the Chinese, everything will be better, but Khedira knows that Europe's economy is declining day by day, wealth is flowing to the east, and if China cannot be contained, then the good life of Europeans will not be long

A few days of time in a hurry, the international equipment exhibition on the east is strong and the west is weak, the situation is still the same, every day in the Chinese exhibition area is crowded, in stark contrast to the deserted European exhibition hall, according to the usual practice, some particularly large cooperation projects, once signed or reached an intention, both sides have to jointly hold a press conference to inform the public, these days, several press conference halls of the international exhibition center are almost all chartered by Chinese enterprises, good news comes out one after another, people are overwhelmed

ALK did not sit still, Khedira led the ALK pavilion to carry out a strong public relations, he called those old customers in the past, invited them to ALK's booth to have a look, and even did not hesitate to put down his body to go to the hotel where those old customers stayed to make a private visit, and paid out of pocket to invite each other to drink German beer, but such public relations activities did not achieve good results, and in the business field, emotional factors are always secondary

The customers contacted by Khedira unabashedly criticized the price and service of ALK's products, claiming that if ALK could not improve in these aspects, it would be impossible for them to continue to choose ALK's products

In these days, Khedira ignored any polite requirements, and almost every day called and harassed Hiat, forcing Hiat to reply as soon as possible, and finally got an affirmative answer that day, Hiat told him that the Board of Trade had reached a conclusion on the ALK application, and Siat expressed his willingness to officially announce this conclusion at the International Equipment Exhibition

Great, I immediately went to prepare, and Khedira was so happy that he flew out of his booth and rushed to the organizing committee office of the exhibition as if he had picked up a piece of treasure

I need to rent one of the largest lecture halls, and Khedira said proudly to the staff of the organizing committee

Okay, I'll arrange it for you right away, and the staff said that while checking the records of renting the lecture hall, he casually asked: Why did you ALK also sign a big contract

No, it's not a contract, but the EU officials are coming, Khedira said, I suggest you notify all the exhibitors, and let them send people to listen to the latest announcement from the EU (to be continued, if you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation)