WTO PANEL TO RULE ON LEGALITY OF CHINESE ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON JAPANESE STEEL TUBES

A World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel has been authorised to settle a row between China and Japan over Chinese anti-dumping duties on high-performance stainless steel seamless tubes imported from Japan.Tokyo argues that these duties break global commerce rules, notably the WTO’s anti-dumping agreement and its general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT). These lay down detailed rules on how anti-dumping duties can be imposed, notably on how governments conduct investigations into whether imports are being sold at below cost-price. If this is the ...


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