TTWTO VCCI - PVTM - Glossaries

Anti-dumping

21/06/2015

Interested parties include: (i) an exporter or foreign producer or the importer of a product subject to investigation, or a trade or business association a majority of the members of which are producers, exporters or importers of such product; (ii) the government of the exporting Member; and (iii) a producer of the like product in the importing Member or a trade and business association a majority of the members of which produce the like product in the territory of the importing Member.

WTO anti-dumping agreement

18/08/2008

See “Agreement on implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994”.

USDOC

18/08/2008

US Department of Commerce.

Anti-subsidy

Interested parties

21/06/2015

Interested parties include: (i) an exporter or foreign producer or the importer of a product subject to investigation, or a trade or business association a majority of the members of which are producers, exporters or importers of such product; (ii) the government of the exporting Member; and (iii) a producer of the like product in the importing Member or a trade and business association a majority of the members of which produce the like product in the territory of the importing Member.

Verification

18/08/2008

See “on the spot investigation”.

Threat of material injury

18/08/2008

Threat of injury can exist where a change in circumstances which would create a situation in which the dumping would cause injury must be clearly foreseen and imminent

Safeguards

Interested parties

21/06/2015

Interested parties include: (i) an exporter or foreign producer or the importer of a product subject to investigation, or a trade or business association a majority of the members of which are producers, exporters or importers of such product; (ii) the government of the exporting Member; and (iii) a producer of the like product in the importing Member or a trade and business association a majority of the members of which produce the like product in the territory of the importing Member.

USITC

18/08/2008

US International Trade Commission.

Trade remedies

18/08/2008

US terminology for instruments providing remedy against unfair trade (e.g. anti-dumping, anti-subsidy etc.). See “trade defence instruments” (used in the EU).