A measure imposed by nations to counter injurious pricing of imports; national laws are required to conform to the Antidumping Agreement, under the World Trade Organization (WTO). Although some aspects of national laws vary from one country to another (for instance, in Europe the law includes the so-called, “community interest test” to allow for an ultimate assessment whether antidumping measures are consistent with other interests, but in the United States, no such override exists), in general the imposition of antidumping duties require that sales in the market be below home market prices or cost and are a cause of injury to national producers.
In the week leading to the recent Federal election, the Minister for Industry Science and Technology (Minister) released her decisions as to the imposition of interim dumping and countervailing duties on steel pallet racking and PVC covered electrical cabling Both followed lengthy investigations by the Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) including several extensions of time for the…
In the “Trade for all” strategy issued in October 2015, the EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström explained how the Juncker Commission would translate the strong commitment to transparency into concrete actions in the EU’s trade policy. The actions identified by the Commission to increase transparency in trade defence as laid down in the Trade for…
On 3 October 2017 the Council and the European Parliament agreed on a compromise proposal which will shape the EU’s new approach in anti-dumping cases against China, and possibly other countries, in the years to come. The proposal for assessing and addressing ‘significant distortions’ in the context of EU anti-dumping investigations is presently expected to…
