WTO TELLS USA TO REFORM ANTI-DUMPING ASSESSMENT OF THAI PLASTIC BAG EXPORTS
January 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel has told the USA that it should reform its assessment of anti-dumping duties on Thai exports to America of Polyethylene retail carrier bags. Concluding that the USA had "acted inconsistently with [the WTO's] Anti-Dumping Agreement" by rounding down valuations of Thai exports or 'zeroing'. These calculations are used to determine the extent which Thai exports of plastic bags are made at below cost price and also the damage which they cause the American manufacturing sector (by comparing ...
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