JAPAN WTO FAILURE
December 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE JAPANESE government has lost its appeal against a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel ruling that had concluded the United States followed WTO rules when staging a sunset review of anti-dumping duties on Japan exports of corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products. Although Tokyo was successful in persuading the WTO's Appellate Body to overturn some pro-US conclusions made by the original panel, it agreed that the sunset clause was legal. Japan had been seeking an end to the duties, which were renewed by Washington in 2001. Tokyo ...
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