Textile And Garment Industry: A New Round Of Trade Protection And "TPP"

Recently, Brazil foreign trade The Committee announced the increase in imports of 7 manufactured goods. tariff And the implementation of a batch of imported products. Anti-dumping Sanction. Undoubtedly, the sanctions against China are the biggest victims.

In recent years, from the perspective of the distribution of export market, the proportion of Brazil's foreign trade is increasing. After the financial crisis, China and Europe and the United States market The volume of exports has shrunk, and many enterprises are actively exploring new markets such as Latin America and ASEAN. Especially textiles, Brazil has jumped one of the main export destinations of China's textile and clothing industry.

For this reason, many textile enterprises are worried that with the deterioration of the external economic environment, the protectionist practices in Brazil may become more and more intense, and the future may jeopardize textile exports. "Now Brazil is the most important market for textile exports. We are all concerned about every move in the Brazil market. Now Brazil's domestic boycott of Chinese products is getting louder and louder. We are worried that one day we will be involved in textiles, which will bring great economic losses to our textile enterprises. Chen Yu, manager of Jinyu Textile Co. Ltd. of Shaoxing, expressed concern that the trade remedy measures from developing countries may be more difficult to cope with than those in Europe and the United States. "Europe and the United States market is our main export market, there are already more standardized systems and market order, but like Brazil is an emerging market, economic development and institutional construction are lagging behind, and all aspects of export matching are not yet standardized and mature. Once disputes arise, it will be more troublesome." Relevant personnel said.

There were some discordant voices at the APEC meeting which was closed soon.

In November 23rd, President Obama of the United States strongly promoted the span Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) with 9 member countries at the APEC (APEC) conference. In November 10, 2011, Japan formally decided to join the TPP negotiations, while China was not invited to participate in the TPP negotiations, so that the attention of TPP increased rapidly. It was originally a multilateral free trade agreement established by 4 small countries in 2005. After Obama came to power, the United States was strongly involved and played a leading role. What is the purpose of the US push TPP? How should China respond?

Mei Xin Yu believes that the main reason for the emergence of TPP is that the path of economic integration of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has its advantages. APEC is different from the regional economic integration mode such as WTO, the European Union and North American Free Trade Agreement. Other regional economic integration is consensus plus rules, while APEC is deliberative plus voluntary. The impact of APEC on the economic and social sectors of various countries is relatively small, because the extent and rhythm of market opening are controlled by the host country itself. Such a mode can give each member country a greater degree of freedom, so that all Member States are willing to participate without worrying too much. Overall, its overall speed of regional economic integration is not slower than that of consensus and rules. Because the rules of consensus and rules are more specific and binding, negotiations on rules often take many years, such as GATT and Uruguay negotiations, which have lasted for 8 or 9 years, and the Doha round has lasted 10 years. The APEC integration approach has set a long-term goal, such as 15 years of goals, or even 20 years of goals. But APEC has a drawback, because it is deliberative and voluntary, not binding. Not all countries are gentlemen. Some member states have proposed ways to reform APEC, or to build up the consensus and rules within APEC to stimulate regional economic integration. TPP is born under such a background.

Mei Xin Yu said, "when it comes to TPP, we have to distinguish two concepts. It refers to the existing TPP that has been put into operation, or the TPP that the United States is trying to establish." if it is said that the TPP has been established and implemented, its standard is not particularly high. The US pushed the TPP rules relatively high. It is not only a high threshold, but also includes many current affairs which are usually considered as internal affairs, such as anti-corruption, competition policy, environmental protection standards, product standards and so on. At present, the vast majority are regarded as internal affairs rather than international ones. {page_break}

Mei Xin Yu believes that TPP is only one of the stimulating regional economic integration factors within APEC so far. If it is in line with the current situation of TPP, it will have no substitute for ASEAN 10 plus 3 or APEC. But if it is conceived by the United States, it is entirely possible for the APEC to be built up. The reason why the United States has to push the TPP is very important. It is also hoped that the Asia Pacific economic cooperation can be elevated and the United States will firmly grasp the dominant position of regional economic integration in the Asia Pacific region. By promoting the regional economic integration of the Asia Pacific region that is in line with its wishes, the United States will copy WTO's Doha Round negotiations side by side and develop in the direction of meeting its own wishes. The United States has done so successfully in history. At the beginning, the United States signed the agreement on the Uruguay round through the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement, thus enabling the developed countries to win a lot of rules and regulations they advocated.

Mei pointed out that TPP is not only an economic agreement, but also a political agreement. Because of this, in many people's eyes, TPP is actually "America's attempt to kick china." China is now the second largest country in the world economy. The United States is worried that China will take the place of it and do everything possible to contain China. Especially since the subprime mortgage crisis, the share of the relative position of the United States and the western world in the international economic and political system has dropped markedly, while the share of emerging market economies such as China has increased significantly. Under such circumstances, the strong power of American hegemonism has added a sense of urgency to curb China.

From the content of the US pushing TPP, the United States really regards TPP as a tool to curb the isolation of China. We should pay close attention to this and pay close attention to it, but there is no need to worry too much. American political decisions are interfered by the four year general election, and there is also the mid-term elections in the Congress. This makes it difficult for political decisions and political actions to reflect long-term vision and pursue more short-term goals. In addition, the TPP pushed by the United States is a very high standard agreement for regional economic and trade organizations. It will bring great impact to the economic, social and even political aspects of the member countries. The countries involved in the negotiations are very controversial. How many countries are involved in the negotiations and how long the negotiations will last?