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Applicability of the Single Rate Presumption for Non-Market Economies within the Framework of the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement

WTO 반덤핑협정 상 비시장경제 규율에 대한 고찰: 미국의 단일률 적용 관행을 중심으로

  • Kyoung-Hwa Kim (Center for Trade Studies and Cooperation, Korea International Trade Association)
  • 김경화 (무역협회 통상지원센터)
  • Received : 2021.07.31
  • Accepted : 2021.08.29
  • Published : 2021.08.30
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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the WTO-inconsistent aspects of the single rate presumption of the United States in establishing and imposing anti-dumping duties for non-market economy exporters. By examining the drafting history in the GATT/WTO negotiations and the practice of the single rate presumption for non-market economies by the United States from a comparative perspective, it critically addresses the inherent lack of pertinent disciplines under the framework of the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement in establishing dumping margins for exporters of non-market economies. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body leaves open the possibility of allowing the investigating authority to consider multiple exporters and the exporting country as a single entity. However, the study argues that it is difficult in practice for the investigating authority to make a single-entity decision in a WTO-consistent manner. The study also finds an incompatibility in the notion between establishing dumping margins for 'individual' exporters and 'non-market economies.' A proper discipline for non-market economies under the multilateral anti-dumping norm needs to be reconsidered in the era of persistent trade conflicts between the United States and China.

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