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A Study on Anti-Circumvention Rules: with Focus on the US' and the EU's Systems

우회덤핑 방지 제도에 대한 연구: 미국 및 EU 제도를 중심으로

  • Youngjeen Cho (Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University)
  • 조영진 (이화여자대학교 국제대학원 )
  • Received : 2022.10.10
  • Accepted : 2022.10.30
  • Published : 2022.10.30
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Abstract

Anti-circumvention rules were discussed profoundly during the Uruguay Round and the DDA negotiations, although WTO members failed to reached an agreement to introduce it to the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement. However, as the cases of circumvention of anti-dumping duties increase, a number of countries have enacted anti-circumvention regulations as part of their anti-dumping laws. This study aims to analyze anti-circumvention rules from the perspective of WTO law. After overviewing the object and purpose of anti-dumping and anti-circumvention regulations, it examines anti-circumvention regulations of the US, the EU, and India. Next, the study explores the possible WTO-inconsistent aspects of those regulations. Then, it discusses whether it would be preferable for countries not equipped with anti-circumvention regulations, such as Korea, to have one. Thereafter, this study proposes Korean government to introduce anti-circumvention rules into its anti-dumping law.

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