评美国贸易代表对人民币汇率调查申请的拒绝

人民币汇率问题已经成为当前中美贸易中的一个非常突出的问题。美国国内,尤其是美国国会内的一些人,经常拿这一问题来说事。近几年来,他们多次以中国操纵货币、中国汇率制度违反1974年美国贸易法301条款为由,向美国贸易代表提出调查申请,但均遭到拒绝。本文以WTO规则为依据,分析301条款的性质、地位和作用,结合中美贸易的实践,特别是近几年来有关301条款的人民币汇率特定争端案件的具体内容,分析了美国贸易代表驳回调查申请的表面理由和内在原因,并提出了应对301条款的一些观点和建议。

Comments on Rejection of Investigation of RMB Exchange Rate by U.S.Trade Representative

The issue of RMB Exchange Rate becomes the very outstanding one at the present Sino-U.S.trade.Some people in the U.S.,especially in the U.S.Congress have often made troubles on it.In recent years,they have frequently applied for the investigation of RMB exchange rate to the U.S.Trade Representative due to that China's Currency Manipulation and its exchange rate regime violated the Section 301 of the U.S.Trade Law they alleged.However the U.S.Trade Representative declined to accept all these applications.Thi...