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In 2005, the China government enacted “Trade Barrier Investigation Rule” which was the revised version of the “Trade Barrier Investigation Provisional Rule,” and it came into effect to protect domestic companies and make a fair trade circumstance.
Actually, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China investigated a trade barrier on Japan’s Import Quotas on Laver in 2004.
After then, China and Japan made a mutual agreement, so the Japan government made a promise to remove discriminational measure.
The law system and practices of China on the trade barrier investigation will affect not only the countries under investigation, but also the countries which have interest on the related goods. For example, in case of the laver dispute between China and Japan, Korea also had some interest. So Korea should be watch for the dispute.
China is one of the biggest trade partner of Korea. That is why Korea needs to understand the trade barrier investigation system of China.
In this article, the author makes comparative analysis of the trade barrier investigation law of China and Korea, and makes some comments on these two system.