Anti-dumping is at the heart of EU trade policy. Its use is justified on the grounds of eliminating injurious dumping by foreign firms and re-establishing conditions of "fair" trade. Use of anti-dumping has been rising globally, generating concerns about the potential for protectionist abuse of...

Anti-dumping rules are flexible and open to political bias. This is a concern repeated all over the world. All jurisdictions tailor their anti-dumping laws to WTO rules, but this still leaves a significant amount of discretion as to how decisions are made. In the EU, the lack of transparency in...

To impose antidumping duties consistently with the WTO, a national antidumping authority must show that the dumping has caused injury to the domestic industry producing a like product. Antidumping methodology splits this requirement into two component questions: a. does the local industry...

In this paper, we provide a political economy account of the European Union's failed attempt to reform its anti-dumping legislation between 2006 and 2008. We review the role played by different interest groups, and the way public authorities at both European Commission and member state level...