过去几年中美贸易持续增长 ,中国已成为美国最大的贸易逆差国 ,美国国内要求降低逆差的呼声越来越高。同时 ,在美国开展业务的中国生产商也越来越多地面临不公平贸易而被起诉至美国国际贸易委员会 (ITC) ,货物面临被禁止进口的危险。ITC依据的是“337条款”是美国贸易报复手段的两支大棒之一。然而 ,对于大多数中国企业而言 ,“337条款”却是非常陌生。为了帮助广大中国企业对该条款有一个基本了解 ,本刊将分两期对该条款的定义、对中国企业的影响、以及如何对其进行防范做简要介绍。 Over the past few years, the trade between China and the United States has continued to grow. China has become the United States’ largest trade deficit nation. The calls made by the United States for reducing the deficit are getting louder and louder. Meanwhile, Chinese producers doing business in the United States are also being increasingly prosecuted to the US International Trade Commission (ITC) for unfair trade and the goods are at risk of being banned from imports. The ITC is based on the fact that Section 337 is one of two big sticks in U.S. trade retaliation. However, for most Chinese companies, the “Section 337” is very strange. In order to help a large number of Chinese enterprises have a basic understanding of the article, we will give a brief introduction on the definition of the article, the impact on Chinese enterprises in two phases and how to prevent them.