US Special Safeguard on Imports of Tires from China: Imposing Pain for Little Gain

Steve Charnovitz
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Bernard Hoekman

No 9217, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: In 2009, the United States imposed additional tariffs for a three-year period on imports of automotive tires from China under a special-safeguard provision included in China?s Protocol of Accession to the WTO. China challenged the measure in the WTO. The case marked the first WTO dispute in which a challenged safeguard was upheld by the Appellate Body; the first in which an accession protocol was used successfully as a defense; and the first that China lost as a complaining party. It also was noteworthy in that the safeguard was sought by a labor union, and not the domestic industry. This paper reviews the WTO Appellate Body?s findings and discusses a number of the legal and policy implications regarding China?s Accession Protocol, the Safeguards Agreement, and WTO accession law, as well as economic aspects of the case.

Keywords: Accession; Adjustment; China; Globalization; Safeguards; Trade disputes; Wto (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-11
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