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"Mr President, we have known for 15 years that a decision on market economy status for China had to be made this year, yet the Commission appears to have made no decision and to have no clear strategy. Now that we have woken the Commission from its stupor, I hope that today will mark the start of a serious discussion with Parliament, with the Member States and with European industry and trade unions – as well as with the Chinese Government – on where we go from here.
We want good relations with China, and we understand that China feels that in December, market economic status should automatically be granted to it. But China should also understand that in 2001 we had a real expectation that by 2016 China itself would be a market economy. It is clear that it is not, and the Commissioner herself has made it clear that China is not a market economy. Therefore, there can be no automatic granting of market economic status to China. We cannot allow China to solve its overcapacity by dumping on the European market. Steel might be capturing the headlines at the moment, but, as the Commission again points out, we have 52 ongoing investigations on dumping, so the impact is much wider than just the steel industry. It is not – and we need to keep saying this as the European Union – protectionist to defend yourself against unfair competition. The EU desperately needs a modern, effective regime of trade defence instruments. The existence of such a scheme is a
for my group supporting market economic status for China."@en1
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