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In the recent discussion of EC anti-dumping rules and their application allegations have intensified that this instrument, provided by the GATT to counteract unfair trade practices, has increasingly been used by the Community to raise new trade barriers reflecting the amplification of protectionist intentions and resulting as a matter of fact in a restriction of imports contrary to the provisions and the scope of GATT. Is this a realistic assessment?
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Cf., inter alia, Patrick A. Messerlin: The EC Antidumping Regulations: A First Appraisal, in: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 125, No. 3, 1989, pp. 563–587.
Method applied e. g. by P. Messerlin.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Basic Instruments and Selected Documents, Volume IV, Geneva 1969.
Cf. J. H. Jackson: World Trade and the Law of GATT, New York 1969, p. 411.
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The views expressed are those of the author in his personal capacity. The article is adapted from a presentation made by the author at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management on 20 October 1989 in Brussels.
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Weidemann, R. The anti-dumping policy of the European Communities. Intereconomics 25, 28–35 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924757
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924757