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发帖数: 536 | 1 One provision of the phase-one deal, for instance, gives China the right to
request consultations if it believes the U.S. is blocking its ability to
fulfill its purchasing promises by “an action or inaction.”
That broad language could apply to U.S. export rules that make it impossible
for China to buy the high-technology products it wants, or to U.S. food-
safety problems that make American crops unsafe to eat. China could use such
a matter as the basis for bringing a complaint under the dispute-resolution
panel, trade experts said.
If China moved ahead to impose tariffs or other sanctions after
consultations, the U.S. would have to pull out of the pact before it could
retaliate, even if it believed China was acting in bad faith. That would put
pressure on Washington to stick with the deal. |
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