美国国会关于货币立法违反WTO规则

人民币汇率问题,已成为当前中美贸易中的一个非常突出的问题。近几年来,美国国会内的一些人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,遭到拒绝,后又在国会内一次次提出有关货币的立法提案,在2007年就出现了多个较为正式的提案。本文以WTO规则和国际货币基金协定为依据,分析美国国会有关货币的立法提案的背景、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人民币汇率争端,指出美国国会有关货币的立法提案的实质,提出相应的一些观点和建议。

The Inconformity to WTO Rules of the Currency Bills by U.S.Congress

The question 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,on one hand 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 a...