Legal Development of WTO Trade Remedy Practices in East Asia

East Asian WTO Members -- China, Japan and Korea -- have always been the key players for the development of the WTO trade remedy system, initially as major targets of trade remedy measures but recently also as important users of such measures. This article reviews the current situations of East Asian members in terms of trade remedy actions and relevant WTO disputes. In this regard, it is noteworthy that various Chinese antidumping and countervailing measures have been found to be WTO inconsistent by the WTO dispute settlement body. It is also noted that some of their recent FTAs adopt modified rules for the trade remedy systems