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10/10/2015

Policy Brief No.2015-02. October 2015, Non-Tariff Measures: Not All that Bad by Oliver Cadot and Lili Yan Ing, is published by Economic Research Institutes for ASEAN and East Asia.

The Prospects of EU Trade Defence against Chinese Imports after 2016 – Taming the Dragon through Countervailing Duties?

05/10/2015

The article depicts the status quo of anti-subsidy proceedings against China and looks into developments indicated by designated future changes of EU anti-subsidy legislation. Thus, it contributes to critically rethinking current EU trade defence strategy against China.

Will Non-market Economy Methodology Go Quietly into the Night?

14/09/2015

The U.S. government has been persistent in its efforts to find creative ways to inflate and impose AD duties on goods used by American consumers and businesses. But U.S. authorities reserve their most punitive and abusive practices for goods from China.

EU Anti- Circumvention Rules: Do They Beat the Alternative

05/08/2015

This article discusses EU law and practice with regard to tackling circumvention of trade defence instruments, notablyanti- dumping measures.

Trends in U.S. Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petition Filings and the Consequences of Rule Changes, 1993–2013

31/07/2015

This article examines trends in antidumping and countervailing duty investigation petition filings in the United States during the most recent 21-year period.

China – AD and CVD Measures on Broiler Products from the United States: How the chickens came home to roost

08/05/2015

The WTO panel report on China – AD and CVD Measures on Broiler Products from the United States was circulated to Members on 2 August 2013. In the report the Panel examined a variety of issues challenged by the United States under various provisions of the GATT 1994, the ADA and the SCM.

China’s AD Problems and Mitigation through Regional Trade Agreements

08/05/2015

This paper highlights the severity of China’s AD problems, and high concentration of AD actions taken by the top initiators, noting that China can offer a higher level of economic integration in an RTA in exchange for improved regional AD provisions.

Imposition of AD duties on import of solar cells and modules – impact analysis

08/05/2015

According to Headway Solar estimates, total Indian solar cell production capacity is approx. 350 MW annually, while the current annual demand is more than four times the domestic production. Headway Solar team has analysed the impact of imposing anti-dumping duties on solar imports in this document.