Tesis ini membahas mengenai alasan China mengajukan AS ke WTO terkait sengketa perdagangan antara Amerika Serikat (AS) dan China di WTO mengenai kenaikan tarif impor ban produksi China yang dilakukan oleh AS tahun 2009-2010. Jumlah ekspor ban produksi China meningkat drastis dan berdampak pada industri domestik AS. Pemerintah AS kemudian memutuskan melakukan mekanisme safeguard yang diatur dalam Section 421 of Trade Act 1974 terhadap produk China. Pemerintah China tidak menerima keputusan AS tersebut dan melaporkan ke Dispute Settlement Body WTO. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa alasan China mengajukan AS ke WTO karena keputusan AS telah mengganggu kepentingan nasional China di sektor ekonomi dan perdagangan.

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The focus of this study is China’s motive for initiating a WTO trade dispute resolution case againts the United States regarding the U.S decision to impose additional tariffs on certain Chinese tires for three years. China's tire export increased dramatically and gave negative impact to U.S domestic plants. The U.S. government then decided to launch safeguard measure provided in Section 421 of Trade Act 1974 againts China's tires. The result of this study showed that the motive was because the U.S. decision had disrupted China's national interests in economic and trade sectors.