Sentence examples for filing trade from inspiring English sources

Many companies are wary of filing trade cases against China, or of even cooperating with the United States government on investigations of possible Chinese violations of international trade rules.

As The Times reported, "multinational companies and trade associations in the clean energy business, as in many other industries, have been wary of filing trade cases, fearing Chinese officials' reputation for retaliating against joint ventures in their country and potentially denying market access to any company that takes sides against China".

But that logic has eroded in recent years in the case of China as practically every Western multinational corporation — as well as a growing number of small and medium-size companies — has moved factories and other operations to China and become reluctant to risk retaliation by filing trade cases.

But multinational companies and trade associations in the clean energy business, as in many other industries, have been wary of filing trade cases, fearing Chinese officials' reputation for retaliating against joint ventures in their country and potentially denying market access to any company that takes sides against China.

But Mr. Wagoner said that he raised the subject only briefly, and added that he saw little chance that the industry might take the more aggressive approach of seeking higher tariffs on imported cars by filing trade complaints at the Commerce Department.

The process demonstrates that foreign businesses will have to shed their deep-seated reluctance to challenge Beijing and work even more closely with home governments in filing trade cases.

Section 301, the trade law provision being used by the steelworkers' union, gives legal standing to unions as well as corporations to file trade cases.

But Mr. Gerard, for the steelworkers, said he was already working with Democrats and Republicans in Congress to force the administration to file trade cases.

"President Obama has spent 43 months failing to confront China's unfair trade practices," Mr. Romney said in a statement after Mr. Obama's announced that the government had filed trade complaints against China.

The difference is that China, unlike Japan in the '80s, has encouraged the opening of many foreign-owned factories, making multinationals loath to file trade cases that could alienate Chinese officials and make it harder to do business there.

For the new campaign, the coalition has been preparing legal briefs arguing that the administration should file trade cases at the Commerce Department and at the W.T.O. to challenge a wide range of reported Chinese subsidies for auto parts exporters.