Sino-US Section 337 Investigation Trade Friction And Enterprise's Settlement Strategy Research

With the continuous increasing of our country's import&export trade and the promoting of products' competitive ability, the Sino-US trade relationship is stringing unceasingly. The trade frictions keep promoting and become more fiercely. As the new focus of Sino-US trade friction, Sino-US section 337 investigation trade friction which interrelated with intellectual property rights, has been the greatest obstacle of Chinese products' exportation. So, enterprises should be familiar with the section 337 investigation mechanisms and the research of how to construct a good replying strategy system has important theoretic and practical significance.Firstly, the paper introduces the American section 337 investigation system, gives a detailed analysis of the section 337 investigation mechanism. Based on the comparison of the American 337 investigation mechanisms and special 301, the antidumping and federation court litigation, the paper summarizes the American section 337 investigation's characteristics, and points out the essential attributes of trade protection.Secondly, by the analysis of American trade protection policy, American competitive advantage and the intellectual property rights protection, the Sino-US trade imbalance, the paper discusses the deep-seated origins of Sino-US section 337 investigation trade friction.Thirdly, the paper reviews the current status and causes of section 337 investigation, gives typical case analysis of several typical enterprises which were investigated by USITC. Then, the paper deeply analyzes the cause, procedure and mechanism of section 337 investigation trade friction.Finally, on the basis of previous discussion, the paper points out Chinese enterprise's settlement strategies, and constructs a strategy system for Chinese enterprises to settle American section 337 investigation from three views of defending, responding and aggression.