首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Many United States companies have, unfortunately, made the search for legal protection from import competition into a major line
Many United States companies have, unfortunately, made the search for legal protection from import competition into a major line
admin
2012-01-19
43
问题
Many United States companies have, unfortunately, made the search for legal protection from import competition into a major line of work. Since 1980 the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has received about 280 complaints alleging damage from imports that benefit from subsides by foreign governments. Another 340 charge that foreign companies "dumped" their products in the United States at "less than fair value". Even when no unfair practices are all alleged, the simple claim that an industry has been injured by imports is sufficient ground to seek relief.
Contrary to the general impression, this quest for import relief has hurt more companies than it has helped. As corporations begin to function globally, they develop an intricate Web of marketing, production, and research relationships. The complexity of these relationships makes it unlikely that a system of import relief laws will meet the strategic needs of all the units under the same parent company.
Internationalization increases the danger that foreign companies will use import relief laws against the very companies the laws were designed to protect. Suppose a United States-owned company establishes an overseas plant to manufacture a product while its competitor makes the same product in the United States. If the competitor can prove injury from the imports-and that the United States company received a subsidy from a foreign government to build its plant abroad-the United States company’s products will be uncompetitive in the United States, since they would be subject to duties.
Perhaps the most brazen case occurred when the ITC investigated allegations that Canadian companies were injuring the United States salt industry by dumping rock salt, used to deice roads. The bizarre aspect of the complaint was that a foreign conglomerate with United States operations was crying for help against a United States company with foreign operations. The "United States" company claiming injury was a subsidiary of a Dutch conglomerate, while the "Canadian" companies included a subsidary of a Chicago firm that was the second largest domestic producer of rock salt.
It can be inferred from the passage that the minimal basis for a complaint to the International Trade Commission is
选项
A、A foreign competitor has received a subsidy from a foreign government
B、A foreign competitor has substantially increased the volume of products shipped to the United States
C、A foreign competitor is selling products in the United States at less than fair value
D、The company requesting import relief has been injured by the sale of imports in the United States
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/ntasFFFM
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
EmilyDickinsonwasanineteenth-centuryAmericanwomanwholivedherlifecompletelyunknowntoanyoneexceptherfamilyanda
Althoughinteriordesignhasexistedsincethebeginningofarchitecture,itsdevelopment【21】______aspecializedfieldisre
Inlessthan30year’stimetheStarTrekholodeckwillbeareality.Directlinksbetweenthebrain’snervoussystemandacomp
Imagineaworldinwhichtherewassuddenlynoemotion—aworldinwhichhumanbeingscouldfeelnoloveorhappiness,noterror
AmericanIndiansplayedacentralroleinthewarknownastheAmericanRevolution.Tothem,however,thedisputebetweentheco
WhydoscientistsplantotransmitwavesthroughthePacificOcean?
CopernicuswasborninTorun,Poland,onFebrury19,1473.Littleisknownabouthisearlylifeexceptthathisfatherdiedwhen
Youareallowed35minutestowriteacompositiononthetopic:HowtoDealwithPersonalCrisis.Yourcompositionshouldcontai
Theenergycrisis,whichisbeingfeltaroundtheworld,hasdramatizedhowthecarelessuseoftheearth’sresourceshasbrough
Scientistsbelievethatpeople"dressedup"longbeforetheymadeahabitofwearingclothes.Primitivemandressedhimselfinf
随机试题
_________一期工程将于2015年投人商业运营,每年可提供150亿千瓦时的电力。该核电站是我国在西部地区和少数民族地区开工建设的首个核电项目。()
下列哪种情况在发生垂体危象时最为多见
(2006年)重块置于倾角θ的斜面上,二者间的滑动摩擦系数为f(见图4—34)。欲使物块在斜面上保持静止,则必须满足条件()。
商业银行法律/合规部门不需要接受内审部门的审计。()
新民主主义革命的胜利,社会主义基本制度的建立,为当代中国一切发展进步奠定了根本政治前提和制度基础。()
[A]Developmentwelcomedbycityplanners[B]Reduceddemandsonspaceandenergy[C]Plansforfuturehomes[D]Worldwideexamp
某线性表的链式存储情况如下图所示,则数据域为C的节点的后继的数据是______。
找出在职工年龄大于50的职工姓名,以及这些职工工作所在的城市,正确的命令是()。
Ifyoupromise______angrywithme,I’lltellyouwhatIbroke.
Businessandgovernmentleadersalsoconsidertheinflationratetobeanimportantgeneralindicator.Inflationisaperiodof
最新回复
(
0
)