A Study On The Issue Of "Non-Market Economy" In Anti-Subsidy

On March 30th,2007,American Ministry of Commerce announced anti—subsidy law against art paper made in China,following Canada as the second country to break through the verdict of"anti—subsidy law is not applicable to countries with non-market economy".Then, China has suffered many anti-subsidies. It indicates that countervailing law adopted on non-market economies countries is a trend . This seems to be contrary to the principle that countervailing law is not applicable to non-market economies countries . This paper mainly discusses the origin of non-market economies and relavant regulations of WTO,and the theoretical and practical evidence of anti—subsidy law against China by analyzing the norms of international laws and national laws.The theory and practice show that there isn't any legal obstacles to apply anti-subsidy law to non-market economy countries.The debate that countervailing law is not applicable to non-market economies countries has no meaning , it is important to take reasonable and effective measures to deal with a growing number of anti-subsidy.