RE: Calling a reasonable price

Inexpensive goods will bring trouble to the business side - in the Sino-US trade disputes rare case, the WTO (WTO) expert group identified preliminary export duties and export quotas for rare earth products to implement measures to China in violation of the established rules , China said export controls appeal to resources and environmental protection , trying to use the GATT (GATT) Article 20 of the general exception provisions on environmental protection to defend . How should the pricing of rare earth products in order to promote the healthy development of the industry in the production, processing, trade and other sectors ?

"inexpensive" troubles

Zhang Anwen , deputy secretary general of China Society of Rare Earths in an interview with the International Business Daily reporter interviewed introduced since the mid -1980s , originally based in the United States , including several other countries , including as a major supplier of rare earth resources in the pattern gradually changed to China -based suppliers . China accounts for 23 percent of the world's rare earth reserves to meet the global demand for more than 90% , the highest was 97% .

This change in the pattern of supply of inexpensive Chinese products with no doubt about . But Zhang Anwen view, behind the " poor quality " is the Chinese art of mining, dressing , smelting , separation technology, "cheap" embodies the disorder due to the production and export led sales price below cost the basic cost of environmental protection and ecological resources required to assume it is impossible to cover .

Every ton of rare earths will also produce hundreds of tons of waste, causing serious pollution of water and soil . U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , said rare earths in the process can lead to contamination of surface water and groundwater heavy metals and radionuclides , and for the immersion of rare earth concentrated acid will make the soil near the mine no longer suitable for farming. " In other countries , mineral mining, the high cost required for the rule of environmental pollution makes some items discontinued, so that these countries by the rare earth exporter to importer . American Mountain Pass mine , Weld mine in Australia are rich reserves of rare earth minerals, nearly two years before resuming mining. Russia, India, over the years have greatly reduced the amount mined . " Zhang Anwen told reporters .

Many industry insiders believe that the price of domestic rare earth highly irregular , resource tax, resulting in sewage charges are not included in the cost of rare earth market price does not reflect its strategic importance .

establish a scientific pricing mechanism

Case appellant apparently refused to China 's rare earth production caused environmental pollution pay. United States, " International Business Times " (IBTimes) 3月27 , citing a professor of international economics at Princeton University view that " export product has nothing to do with environmental pollution , polluting rare earth production process , rather than export & rdquo ; . " China's rare earth export control whether we can reduce the size of its domestic production of rare earth ore is uncertain because China itself is also the consumption of rare earth products. " " International Economic Times "said .

U.S. This view is not groundless. It is understood that China's export volume of rare earth products and domestic consumption ratio is about 1:4. "In accordance with the principle of who the consumer who foot the bill , protecting natural resources and the environment of rare earth products should be consumed by the body - to be responsible for the domestic market . " " My colored net " Rare researcher Li Qing said .

Many industry insiders believe that currently China 's most should do is to limit the production and consumption of domestic rare earth , making it consistent with the export standards abroad , so as to enable resources to be truly protected , while avoiding trade friction.

Widely anticipated rare earth " group of six " is considered a good start regulate the rare earth market . Li Qing reminder: " After the establishment of a large group , more important things is to establish a scientific rare earth pricing mechanism. " In his view, a reasonable price should reflect both the strategic position of rare earth resources , and consistent with international trade rules.


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