Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 234 Don’t be afraid of spending money, don’t be afraid of trouble, otherwise it will be even more troublesome

Regardless of the discussions on the Internet or the reactions of various friends and competitors, Cao Yang has no time to pay attention to them now.

Xiang Wei had already flown to the United States with some colleagues from the legal department, while Cao Yang came to the Law School of Lingnan University of Technology to find support.

"Mr. Cao, responding to anti-dumping complaints refers to the act of making use of relevant laws and regulations in international trade to defend one's legitimate rights and interests against foreign anti-dumping complaints."

“In the process of responding to anti-dumping lawsuits, accounting evidence is a very important link.”

"Whether you can win a lawsuit head-on, accounting evidence will play a big role."

“For example, Article 2 of the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement stipulates that costs should generally be calculated based on records kept by the exporter or producer under investigation, as long as such records comply with the generally accepted accounting principles of the exporting country and reasonably reflect the The production and sales costs related to the product can be determined as reasonable costs."

"In this case, if we want to prove that Nanshan Bearing is not dumping, we must provide evidence to prove that the cost of Nanshan Bearing is that low."

"The current selling price is already a price with a certain profit."

Zhou Yuan, a senior professor at the Law School, vice president of the Lingnan Law Association, and a well-known international law expert, was analyzing countermeasures for Cao Yang at this time.

Cao Yang, as a graduate student at the School of Automotive Engineering at Lingnan University of Technology, Xiang Changle is naturally very concerned about the development of Nanshan.

After he learned that Nanshan was involved in the anti-dumping investigation, he immediately took the initiative to contact Zhou Yuan to help Cao Yang.

It can be said that what he did as a teacher is still very good.

"Professor Zhou, what does this generally accepted accounting principle mean? How do you understand this sentence?"

Although Cao Yang did not study law, he believed that this matter was definitely not that simple.

So if he had any questions, he would ask them clearly.

"Mr. Cao, you've got the point right now!"

"Under normal circumstances, in accordance with international practice, a company's financial statements must be independently audited by an intermediary agency every year, and a certified public accountant must issue an audit report."

"But you are also well aware that the cost information provided by domestic enterprises has often not been independently audited, or they have hired certified public accountants to conduct surprise audits in order to cope with verification. Naturally, their accounting information is difficult to be adopted by anti-dumping investigation agencies."

"I believe Nanshan is definitely doing better than ordinary companies, but there is still a certain gap to fully comply with the requirements of the anti-dumping investigation agency."

"Especially from past cases, some companies may manipulate costs and distort production costs. This has left a bad impression on the anti-dumping investigation agencies,"

"Production costs are a key criterion in the anti-dumping agreement. Manipulating costs and expenses by companies will inevitably lead to the company's cost and expense data being unobjective and unable to fairly reflect the company's financial status, thus putting these companies in a passive position in responding to lawsuits."

Zhou Yuan is willing to participate in the Nanshan anti-dumping response team. On the one hand, it is Xiang Changle's role as a matchmaker, and on the other hand, Nanshan is different from ordinary companies.

This is a private enterprise that attaches great importance to research and development and masters core technologies.

She doesn't want to see such an excellent company fail in the international market.

Of course, the legal fees Nanshan paid her were based on the market prices in the United States.

Although Zhou Yuan thinks this factor is insignificant, but...

“The internationalization of accounting systems and accounting standards and their integration with international standards may not happen overnight, nor is it simply something Nanshan is willing to do.”

"I think it's not that easy to find a breakthrough from this perspective."

Although Cao Yang does not understand the law, he still knows something about financial knowledge.

If the boss doesn't know anything about finance, he might still be helping people pay for it after the company is sold.

"What you say makes sense. There are huge loopholes in my country's internal accounting control and internal accounting practice management. We cannot provide accounting information and at the same time prove the validity of our information."

“Therefore, our company urgently needs to establish its own accounting system, which on the one hand can standardize our accounting controls, and on the other hand, can also provide us with some expected anti-dumping information, which can greatly improve our chances of winning an anti-dumping lawsuit. sex."

"Of course, these are all things for later."

“What we need to do now is to become as familiar with WTO rules as possible and make full use of the three WTO protection clauses, namely the protection of infant industries clause, the protection of balance of payments clause and the safeguard clause.”

"If our Nanshan bearings can be related to these terms, then it is possible to win the anti-dumping victory."

"Rules are made by people, and WTO rules are not impeccable."

"For example, the import quota restrictions mentioned in it are generally prohibited by WTO rules. However, there are many exceptions to the rules, such as allowing developing countries to reserve and use certain quotas. There is not no room for it."

"The key now is to see if we can find loopholes within the rules and win the anti-dumping lawsuit..."

Zhou Yuan communicated with Cao Yang very carefully for more than an hour, analyzing her own anti-dumping investigation cases of past Chinese companies.

"Fighting opponents within the limits allowed by the rules is what international giants like to do most."

"In this Nanshan Bearing anti-dumping investigation, we must also find a counterattack plan within the rules, so that international giants and the commercial departments of developed countries know that Chinese companies are not so easy to bully."

"Otherwise, today it will be Nanshan bearings, tomorrow it will be Nanshan gearboxes, and the day after tomorrow it will be Nanshan presses. The endless investigations will make us exhausted!"

As soon as Cao Yang finished speaking, the Motorola phone in his trouser pocket rang.

"Hey, you called me so late. What happened?"

The call came from the United States. When Cao Yang heard that the voice was Xiang Wei, he knew something must be up.

After all, there is a twelve-hour time difference between the two places, and it is now twelve o'clock in the evening there.

"Mr. Cao, we just received news that the United States is not only targeting our bearings, but also companies are preparing to launch anti-dumping investigations against our other products."

"This matter is likely to become a reality in the next half month."

"If this is the case, then we need to prepare more things."

When Xiang Wei said this, Cao Yang couldn't help but frown.

The situation faced by Nanshan suddenly worsened.

"Now I hear that which companies are ready to jump out and deal with us?"

Although his heart was full of anger, Cao Yang also knew that this was not the time to lose his temper.

"Aisin, Fanuc, Schuler, and perhaps other companies should be preparing to initiate anti-dumping investigations against us."

"Mr. Cao, this anti-dumping investigation is actually not targeting Nanshan, but the corresponding industries in China."

"In this case, do I think we should join forces with other companies to respond to the lawsuit?"

Xiang Wei obviously felt a lot of pressure.

This is the first time she has faced this kind of anti-dumping investigation.

According to the information she learned, winning this lawsuit is not that easy.

In particular, the legal departments of companies like SKF are very powerful.

Now that there is another group of accomplices, the situation in Nanshan is even more serious.

"I see!"

"I will consider this matter!"

After Cao Yang hung up the phone, Zhou Yuan who was next to him immediately intervened and said, "Mr. Cao, I think what I said to Minister Xiang is right. At this time, we should unite with other domestic companies."

"We have suffered losses in this regard. I even compiled a case in my anti-dumping course."

"In 88 and 92, the EU twice accepted anti-dumping cases against China's color TV sets. Due to the passive and non-resistance attitude adopted by my country's color TV companies, China's color TV sets have basically been expelled from the EU market."

"Although the story here is very complicated and there are many reasons, the main reason is that our country's companies lack a consistent external awareness and want to free ride and let other companies respond to the lawsuit to protect their foreign markets."

"In this way, individual responding companies will have to act as spokespersons for all color TV companies and face all the problems themselves."

“With no cooperation from other companies and limited financial resources, the results are predictable.”

"It may seem like it's just a fiasco for the respondent companies, but it's actually a fiasco for the entire China color TV industry. The resulting losses are not only for the individual respondent companies, but also for the entire Huaxia color TV industry."

“Although this anti-dumping investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce mainly targets Nanshan Bearings, domestic bearing manufacturers such as universal bearings and Renben Bearings are also targets of anti-dumping investigations.”

"It's just that now everyone is focusing on Nanshan, as if this matter belongs to the Nanshan family."

Cao Yang did not refute Zhou Yuan's analysis.

Although he felt that his domestic teammates were not necessarily reliable, he could still help collect some information.

"Mr. Cao, I think what Professor Zhou said makes sense. People from Renben Bearing contacted me yesterday and discussed the same topic."

"Why don't we just take this opportunity to arrange personnel to go to the United States to deal with the lawsuit?"

Zeng Tingting also interjected from the side.

"If Nanshan Bearing loses its lawsuit, it may cause other countries to follow suit. In recent years, anti-dumping of a Chinese product has often occurred, and other countries have also quickly proposed anti-dumping for the same product."

"So for Nanshan, this case really can only be won, not lost!"

Zhou Yuan also felt pressure when she said this.

However, the more this happened, the more passionate she became.

"Well, Professor Zhou's analysis makes sense."

"In this case, we in Nanshan are not afraid of spending money or trouble, otherwise it will be even more troublesome in the future!"

Cao Yang had no intention of compromising.

Now there is even less room for compromise.

Soon, he personally flew to the United States with a large team.

……

"Mr. Cao, are you confident that you can win this lawsuit?"

On the plane, Zhang Xiucai of Renben Bearing was sitting next to Cao Yang.

Renben took the initiative to cooperate with Nanshan District America in the lawsuit, and Cao Yang naturally had no reason to refuse.

After all, Zhang Xiucai is also a senior in the industry and deserves his respect.

As for Wanxiang, although they expressed their willingness to cooperate, they only arranged for the sales department director Jiang Cong to take a few people to the United States to join in the fun.

“Confidence naturally comes from confidence.”

"I am very clear about the cost of our bearings and whether there is dumping, and I am very confident."

"Now it's just that we are not that familiar with some WTO rules. As long as we are willing to spend money, we can't find cooperative lawyers in the United States."

Although Cao Yang didn't have a very clear plan in his heart, there was no worried expression on his face.

As the general manager of Nanshan, if Cao Yang was in disarray, this case would be embarrassing.

"You are right. This time it is mainly an anti-dumping investigation conducted by SKF. Although Timken in the United States is also involved, Timken's influence in the United States is not that great."

"So even though we are fighting overseas, there is still no chance of winning."

Zhang Xiucai knew very well that if he wanted to win this case, he had to rely on Nanshan.

Now that Cao Yang is so confident, he can at least breathe a little easier.

Otherwise, we really have to consider how to deal with the increase in anti-dumping tariffs next time.

"The complexity of anti-dumping investigation cases is much higher than other cases. We must be prepared for a protracted war this time."

"Of course, it would be best to have a quick victory."

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy to sue the U.S. Department of Commerce directly."

"But it would be best if we could find out where those companies were and ask them to withdraw the lawsuit."

Cao Yang is not afraid of getting into trouble, but if he can do less of such unproductive things, he should naturally do less of it.

As long as everyone can see that Nanshan is not that easy to mess with, and take this opportunity to build a large team of lawyers to deal with various situations in the future, then it is acceptable even if the case ends up being dropped.

After all, doing business is mainly about making money!

"Mr. Cao, I'm actually thinking, these companies are so crazy about suing us for anti-dumping, don't they themselves have no problems at all?"

The little secretary Mi Ying majored in foreign languages, so naturally she did not dare to interrupt easily in legal matters.

However, during this period of time, she had become relatively familiar with anti-dumping cases. She just heard what Cao Yang said again, so she couldn't help but turn around and look at Cao Yang and express her doubts.

"When Secretary Mi said this, I suddenly thought of something. Didn't the American judicial authorities launch antitrust investigations against various auto parts companies before?"

"Can we continue to work on this?"

As a reporter from China Channel, Fang Sisi came to the United States with Nanshan's team on the grounds that she was specifically following Nanshan's news.