Many LACE w:st="on">United StatesLACE> companies have, unfortunately,
made the search for legal protection from import
competition into a major line of work. Since 1980 the
LACE w:st="on">United StatesLACE> International Trade Commission (ITC)
(5) has received about 280 complaints alleging damage
from imports that benefit from subsidies by foreign
governments. Another 340 charge that foreign compa-
nies “dumped” their products in the LACE w:st="on">United StatesLACE> at
“less than fair value.” Even when no unfair practices
(10) are alleged, the simple claim that an industry has been
injured by imports is sufficient grounds to seek relief.
Contrary to the general impression, this quest for
import relief has hurt more companies than it has
helped. As corporations begin to function globally, they
(15) develop an intricate web of marketing, production, and
research relationships, The complexity of these relation-
ships makes it unlikely that a system of import relief
laws will meet the strategic needs of all the units under
the same parent company.
(20) Internationalization increases the danger that foreign
companies will use import relief laws against the very
companies the laws were designed to protect. Suppose a
United States-owned company establishes an overseas
plant to manufacture a product while its competitor
(25) makes the same product in the LACE w:st="on">United StatesLACE>. If the
competitor can prove injury from the imports---and
that the LACE w:st="on">United StatesLACE> company received a subsidy from
a foreign government to build its plant abroad—the
United States company’s products will be uncompeti-
(30) tive in the United States, since they would be subject to
duties.
Perhaps the most brazen case occurred when the ITC
investigated allegations that Canadian companies were
injuring the United States salt industry by dumping
(35) rock salt, used to de-ice roads. The bizarre aspect of the
complaint was that a foreign conglomerate with United
States operations was crying for help against a United
States company with foreign operations. The “United
States” company claiming injury was a subsidiary of a
(40) Dutch conglomerate, while the “Canadian” companies
included a subsidiary of a Chicago firm that was the
second-largest domestic producer of rock salt。
59。the passage suggests that which of the following is most likely to be ture of United states trade laws?
a\ they will eliminate the practice of "dumping" products in the United States.
b\they will enable manufactures in the Unite States to compete more profitably outside the United States.
c\they will affect United States trade with Canada more negatively than trade with orther nations.
d\those that help one unit within a parent company will nbot necessarily help other units in the company.
e\those that are applied to international companies will accomplish their intended result.
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