Chapter 231 The First Case of WTO Accession

It has been more than a year since Huaxia joined the WTO.

In the process of more than a year, many foreign trade enterprises have felt the benefits.

However, some new problems have gradually been exposed.

Even some domestic enterprises are still not familiar with some international trade rules.

Especially when it comes to some regulatory aspects, it is even more unfamiliar.

Clearly, Ovid would like to consider using this now.

"Ovid, you can talk specifically, what is the way to make Nanshan Bearing withdraw from the American market."

Johnston, as the CEO of SKF, is also under a lot of pressure this year.

The entire SKF Group was experiencing a decline in the automotive sector and orders for machine tools were also affected.

The Chinese market, which originally had high hopes, was even more miserable.

In this case, it is absolutely unacceptable to lose the second largest market in the United States again.

"Johnston, we all know very well that Nanshan Bearing can seize our market in China and the United States, and the core problem is that the price is lower than ours."

"Even for some bearings, our cost price is higher than their selling price, resulting in many customers choosing to cooperate with them."

"But I think this situation is not normal, there is a problem."

"We can go to the judicial organs of the United States and sue Nanshan for dumping!"

As soon as Ovid said this, Johnston immediately got his point.

Dumping and anti-dumping, why didn't you think of this before?

Dumping refers to the act of an exporter in one country or region selling its products to the market of another country at a price lower than the normal or average price in the domestic market or even lower than the cost price, with the aim of defeating competitors and seizing the market, and thus causing damage to the producers and industries of the same or similar products in the importing country.

Anti-dumping refers to the countermeasures taken by a country (importing country) against the dumping behavior of another country against its own country.

These things are clearly stipulated in the relevant WTO agreements.

Johnston is no stranger to these things.

It's just that I didn't think about Nanshan from this perspective before.

Now affected by Nanshan bearing manufacturers, not only SKF.

If they stand up for antidumping, they will certainly be supported by many American manufacturers.

"Ovid, your proposal is very good, I think it is completely feasible."

"I immediately asked the legal department of the group to cooperate with the legal department of the American branch to see how to quickly get the anti-dumping case started."

"As long as the implementation of Nanshan bearing dumping is quickly identified, it can resist Nanshan's cost advantage by increasing anti-dumping duties."

"Once Nanshan Bearing has no cost advantage, manufacturers such as GM Ford will naturally not adopt a large number of them."

Johnston's mood suddenly became much more beautiful.

Sure enough, there is no endless road.

"The most important thing in anti-dumping is the determination of substantive injury, and the consideration in this regard is mainly that the injury should be determined on the basis of conclusive evidence, and it is mainly examined from two aspects: first, the quantity of dumped imports and the impact of dumped imports on the price of similar products in the domestic market; The second is the consequential impact of these imports on domestic producers of such products. ”

"Because of the dumping of Nanshan bearings, the price of our bearings is declining, and even in a state of loss."

"And it also has a very direct impact on the output of our bearings, which is completely in line with the conditions of anti-dumping."

Ovid saw that Johnston affirmed his plan, and his enthusiasm immediately came up.

Soon, he began to look for professional personnel to learn more about this situation.

"Ovid, if we want to sue Nanshan Bearing for dumping, we only need to be able to come up with evidence in terms of substantial damage."

As the legal director of SKF America, Vivian's professionalism is unquestionable.

Soon gave its own analysis.

"Substantial damage?"

Ovid was overjoyed, this judgment was completely consistent with what he had reported.

When the time comes, you can better set off your knowledge and be comprehensive enough.

"That's right, if the import volume of the products under anti-dumping investigation has increased significantly compared with before, the market share has increased significantly, the price of similar products in the importing country has dropped significantly, or the price increase has been severely suppressed in the face of a substantial increase in demand, the damage is substantial."

"What is the most appropriate aspect of this to investigate and draw conclusions more quickly?"

Although Ovid himself has a certain amount of legal knowledge, professional things still have to be done by professional people.

"There are three main factors to be taken into account, the first of which is whether the volume of dumped products constitutes a sharp increase – both in absolute terms and relative to production or consumption in the importing country."

"We have this data ready-made, and we can take it out immediately!"

Ovid couldn't help but interject when he heard this.

"The second is whether and to what extent the product has an impact on the price of the same or similar products in the importing country."

"This data is also readily available, our average bearing price has fallen by at least 15%, but the market share is still declining."

Speaking of this, Ovid couldn't help but grit his teeth a little.

It's so unpleasant!

"The third is the impact of the product on the producers of the same or similar products in the domestic industry of the importing country and the degree of subsequent impact, including production output, sales, inventory, market share, price, profit, productivity, return on investment, cash flow, equipment utilization capacity, employment and many other factors."

"After the evidence in this regard is collected, we can immediately go to the judicial authorities to file relevant anti-dumping cases."

Her analysis also gave Ovid more confidence.

This thing is promising!

……

SKF is still very efficient.

In just one week, the people in the United States worked overtime to get things out.

Those news that always say that foreigners don't care about any work as soon as they get off work and leave directly are completely unrepresentative.

It can only be said that people don't work overtime in most cases, but when they want to work overtime, when it comes to their core interests, they still have to stay up late.

"Xue, there is something you need to prepare in advance, this is something that the headquarters directly instructed to do."

Early in the morning, Gormo was in a good mood and called Xue Wenqiang to his office.

SKF China's business is now very bleak, although it has not reached the point of closing, but the business has shrunk not a little.

So Golmo's mood has not been very good, and he is worried about being fired at any time.

Now I finally hear good news.

"Is there any big move at HQ?"

Xue Wenqiang's ability to observe words and emotions is very strong, and he has not followed Gormo for a day or two.

Naturally, I could feel a lot of things from Golmo's expression and tone.

"It's no problem for you to understand it that way."

"This time, the headquarters is going to give Nanshan a hard blow, letting them know that if they do things too much, they will not end well."

Holm thought about the phone call in the middle of the night last year, and couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

The headquarters has finally found a way to balance Nanshan Bearing, which is really rare.

"Could it be that we caught some handle in Nanshan?"

Xue Wenqiang was very cooperative and chatted with Golmo, "Let me guess, is it that we caught the handle of Nanshan's fraud?" ”

"The R&D personnel at the headquarters have not given up on this effort, but there is no progress for the time being."

Holm enjoyed taking a sip of coffee, sat down in his chair, and crossed his legs.

"If it's not fake, that is, our headquarters has got some big customers, and we want to set a threshold for Nanshan?"

Xue Wenqiang is really a little unsure of what big moves the headquarters will have.

In his opinion, if there were any good moves, the headquarters should have used them a long time ago.

Why wait until now.

"Forget it, you don't have to guess, it's not right!"

Gormo did not intend to continue to sell Guanzi, and said directly: "The headquarters and the American branch are promoting the anti-dumping investigation against Nanshan Bearing. ”

"At present, the early preparatory work has been basically completed, and now the relevant materials have been formally submitted to the judicial authorities in the United States."

"If nothing else, the U.S. judiciary will formally accept the case next week."

"Then it's Nanshan's turn to have a headache."

Golmo is very much looking forward to the scene of Nanshan being deflated in the overseas market.

In recent years, some enterprises in Huaxia have obtained a lot of orders by virtue of ultra-low prices when they enter the international market.

Correspondingly, local enterprises in various countries will naturally be affected to a certain extent.

SKF chose to file an anti-dumping investigation at this time, which plunged Nanshan into an anti-dumping case, and the timing was very good.

"Anti-dumping investigations?"

Xue Wenqiang was a little confused.

It was the first time he had ever known that he could still do this in business.

"That's right!"

"As long as the anti-dumping investigation is initiated, we can apply for an increase in the import tariff on Nanshan bearings, and the increase can be directly 100%, or even 200%."

"When the time comes, I will see what cost competitiveness Nanshan Bearing has."

"This part of the cost rises, those car companies are willing to bear it."

Holm sneered, looking forward to what would follow.

"Is this measure at the headquarters effective quickly?"

"I'm worried that if it drags on for too long, Nanshan will already occupy the market by then."

Xue Wenqiang has not fully seen the anti-dumping investigation, so he is a little worried that Nanshan will escape punishment again.

"Once the anti-dumping investigation procedure is initiated, the foreign trade of the relevant domestic industries of the exporting country under investigation will be disrupted, the normal production activities of Nanshan will be suspended, and the relevant parties will enter into lengthy and complicated anti-dumping procedures."

"So no matter how long it takes for the final ruling to come out, once this matter enters the procedure, it can put Nanshan into a passive situation, and their parts exports will face great uncertainty."

"It is impossible for Nanshan to bear such a large cost rise by itself, and manufacturers such as General Motors and Ford Motor will not be stupid to buy bearings at a high price."

"This means that it is basically difficult for them to obtain new projects, at least until the case is decided, and people dare not give Nanshan new projects."

"That alone is what we've done."

"Of course, our American branch will also push the judicial authorities to make a ruling within this year, or even next month, as soon as possible."

"Once the ruling on the dumping of Nanshan bearings is established, the impact on Nanshan will definitely be very huge."

Holm felt his chance for revenge.

In his opinion, Nanshan is engaged in dumping.

Looking at the 50 yuan a wheel bearing, SKF didn't even have enough material costs.

Huaxia Company's play must be resolutely suppressed.

"What can our Huaxia branch do in this matter?"

Although Xue Wenqiang is a Chinese, he is still very willing and looking forward to seeing the unlucky scene in Nanshan.

If you can do more in this matter, then it will be great.

"Naturally, there is work to be done, otherwise I wouldn't have called you over, and the headquarters wouldn't have called me directly."

As soon as Gormo said this, Xue Wenqiang looked forward to it even more.

"If there is anything I need to prepare, just ask me to do it, and I will do it immediately!"

"After the anti-dumping case was filed, because it was mainly aimed at the American market, many people in China did not know about this matter."

"So what we need to do is to let the news of Nanshan Bearing's anti-dumping investigation in the United States spread quickly in a short period of time."

"We want to put Nanshan under enough pressure that their production and operation will be greatly affected, and even make their customers worry about Nanshan's future."

"In this regard, you need to arrange some people to prepare some articles, and once there is news from the United States, our articles need to appear on the Internet immediately, so that more people know about this matter."

Naturally, Gormo is also a person who understands the offensive of public opinion.

As a sales director, finding trouble for Nanshan is his most important task now.

"That's no problem, we can hype this matter up and attract the attention of netizens outside the automotive industry."

"At that time, Nanshan will definitely feel a lot of pressure, making them messed up!"

Xue Wenqiang thought quickly in his mind, thinking about how to make this matter bigger.

Which of my classmates are in newspapers and websites?

Is there a better way to make this bigger?

These things are worth thinking about.

"That's right, that's what HQ means."

"Here in Huaxia, Nanshan is a local company, and it is difficult for us to deal with them at the level of policies and regulations."

"But in the United States, in Europe, that's our home turf."

"We must take this opportunity to completely block the road of Nanshan's complete internationalization!"

Holm waved his hand, as if he had made up his mind.

(End of chapter)