Impact of EU "Timber Regulation" on International Trade of Forest Products and China's Countermeasures
The establishment of EU "Timber Regulation"is a significant change of the environment of international trade of forest products, which will have the profound impact on global forest products exports, especially on Chinese forest product exports. This paper dissertate the development progress of E U "Timber Regulation" and considered it as an inevitable result of combating illegal logging in international community. Then analyzed the contents of "Timber Regulation "and compared the similarity and difference between "Lacey Act"and "Timber Regulation". Then the paper explored the positive and negative effects of EU "Timber Regulation" on international trade of forest products, especially on Chinese forest product exports and drew the conclusion that the implementation of "Timber Regulation" would result in timber market access barriers and affect international forest product exports in the short time, but "Timber Regulation" would promote the forest resources protection and environment in the whole world and improve international competitiveness of legal timber, and optimize international trade conditions of timber products in the long term. Finally, put forward China's countermeasures to EU "Timber Regulation", which are that we should establish voluntary partnership with EU, achieve mutual recognition of domestic and international forest certification standards, build up coordination mechanisms within industry and strengthen management of wood supply chain.
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