中国对从欧盟进口的一种化学品展开反倾销调查，距离欧盟贸易专员抵达北京进行旨在阻止争端升级的谈判不到一周。中国商务部周六表示，将调查来自欧盟的低价对硝基甲苯是否正在涌入中国市场。一位发言人表示，国内生产商要求进行调查，抱怨“对生产和运营造成损害”。该化学品用于生产染料、药品和农药，调查将在12个月内结束，并可能延长6个月。
China has opened an anti-dumping investigation into a chemical imported from the European Union, less than a week before the bloc's trade commissioner arrives in Beijing for talks meant to stop a dispute from escalating. The commerce ministry in China said on Saturday it would examine whether low-priced p-nitrotoluene from the EU was flooding the Chinese market. A spokesperson said domestic producers had asked for the probe, complaining of "damage to production and operations".The chemical is used to make dyes, pharmaceuticals and pesticides and the investigation is due to conclude within 12 months, with a possible six-month extension.
此前，欧盟于9月份对来自中国等国家的聚氯乙烯进行了调查。北京否认其制造商的竞争力归功于国家支持，并威胁要对欧盟封锁其公司的行动采取反制措施。这位发言人表示：“中方一再重申，欧盟需要直接面对自身的经济贸易问题，通过对话协商解决相互关切。”什么是倾销？倾销是指公司出口产品的价格低于国内收费或低于制造成本。
It follows an investigation by the EU, opened in September, into polyvinyl chloride imports from countries including China. Beijing denies that its manufacturers owe their competitiveness to state support and has threatened countermeasures against EU moves to block its firms." China has repeatedly reiterated that the EU needs to face its own economic and trade problems directly and resolve mutual concerns through dialogue and consultation," the spokesperson said. What is dumping? Dumping is when a company exports a product for less than it charges at home, or for less than it costs to make.
世界贸易组织规则允许进口国在调查发现廉价进口商品损害了本国生产商的利益时征收额外关税，即反倾销税。布鲁塞尔诉诸这一工具的频率要高得多。欧盟委员会主席乌苏拉·冯德莱恩（Ursula von der Leyen）8月表示，由于中国进口五年内增长了45%，欧盟在一年内启动了30起贸易防御调查，几乎是正常调查的三倍。
World Trade Organization rules allow the importing country to respond with extra tariffs, known as anti-dumping duties, if an investigation finds that the cheap imports have injured its own producers. Brussels is reaching for the tool far more often. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in August that the EU had opened 30 trade defence investigations in a year, nearly triple the usual rate, as Chinese imports rose 45% in five years.
塞夫科维奇前往北京欧盟贸易专员马罗多·塞夫科维奇将于10月8日至9日在北京共同主持欧盟-中国贸易投资理事会会议并会见商务部长王文涛。
Sefčovič heads to BeijingEU Trade Commissioner Maroš Sefčovič will be in Beijing on 8–9 October to co-chair a session of the EU-China Trade and Investment Council and meet Commerce Minister Wang Wentao.
此次访问标志着布鲁塞尔于6月设定的与北京对话取得第一个切实成果的最后期限。布鲁塞尔希望得到保证，中国将限制对欧盟的出口，并延长稀土出口休战期，因为欧盟的贸易逆差达到每天10亿欧元。北京方面已经警告称，将对欧盟对中国公司或产品的任何新限制做出坚定回应。塞夫科维奇上个月在接受欧洲新闻网独家采访时将谈判描述为高度政治性的，并表示谈判必须产生具体结果。
The visit marks the deadline Brussels set in June for the first tangible results from its dialogue with Beijing. Brussels wants assurances that China will curb exports to the EU and extend a truce on rare earth exports, with the bloc's trade deficit running at €1 billion a day. Beijing has already warned it would respond firmly to any new EU restrictions on Chinese companies or products. In an exclusive interview with Euronews last month, Sefčovič described the talks as highly political and said negotiations had to produce concrete results.
他警告说，如果没有他们，将会出现“一场强大的政治运动，推动，我想说，更严厉的措施”。他还告诉欧洲新闻，如果他没有任何东西可以向欧盟领导人展示，“政治利益将是通过其他工具寻找解决方案”。这些领导人将于10月15日至16日，即他访问一周后在布鲁塞尔举行会议。
Without them, he warned, there would be "a strong political movement to push for, I would say, harsher measures".He also told Euronews that if he had nothing to show EU leaders, "the political interest would be to look for the solution through other instruments". Those leaders meet in Brussels on 15–16 October, a week after his trip.