Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The economics of antidumping and the Uruguay Round

  • GATT
  • Antidumping Measures under Review
  • Published:
Intereconomics

Abstract

Antidumping actions are widely criticised for being used as a protective device rather than as a means of controlling unfair trade practices. Michael Davenport discusses the complaints and proposals for change brought forward by the affected exporting countries in the current GATT round. Phedon Nicolaides analyses the antidumping policy of the European Community which has recently been the butt of particularly heavy criticism.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. See Michael Davenport: The Charybdis of Antidumping: A New Form of EC Industrial Policy?, Discussion Paper 22, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London 1989; Michael Finger: Antidumping and Antisubsidy Measures, in: Michael Finger, Andrzej Plechowski (eds.): The Uruguay Round, The World Bank, Washington 1987, pp. 152–161; Brian Hindley: Dumping and the Far East Trade of the European Community, in: The World Economy, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1988, pp. 445–463; Patrick Messerlin: The E.C. Antidumping Regulations: A First Economic Appraisal, 1980–85, in: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 125, No. 3, 1989, pp. 563–587; Christopher Norall: New Trends in Anti-dumping Practice in Brussels, in: The World Economy, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1986, pp. 97–111; Eugeniusz Piontek: Anti-Dumping in the EEC-Some Observations by an Outsider, in: Journal of World Trade Law, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 67–94.

  2. See Michael Davenport, op. cit.; The Charybdis of Antidumping: A New Form of EC Industrial Policy?, Discussion Paper 22, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London 1989; Brian Hindley, op. cit.; Dumping and the Far East Trade of the European Community, in: The World Economy, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1988, pp. 445–463; Patrick Messerlin, op. cit. The E.C. Antidumping Regulations: A First Economic Appraisal, 1980–85, in: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 125, No. 3, 1989, pp. 563–587;

  3. Michael Finger, op. cit. Antidumping and Antisubsidy Measures, in: Michael Finger, Andrzej Plechowski (eds.): The Uruguay Round, The World Bank, Washington 1987, pp. 152–161.

  4. See Edwin A. Vermulst: The Anti-Dumping Systems of Australia, Canada, the EEC and the United States of America: Have Anti-Dumping Laws become a Problem in International Trade?, in: Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1989, pp. 765–806.

  5. See Edwin A. Vermulst, op. cit. The Anti-Dumping Systems of Australia, Canada, the EEC and the United States of America: Have Anti-Dumping Laws become a Problem in International Trade?, in: Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1989, pp. 784 f.

  6. Commission of the European Communities, Official Journal, No. L 167, 26 June, 1987, p. 9.

  7. See Wilfred Ethier: Dumping, in: Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 90, No. 3, 1982, pp. 487–506.

  8. See S. W. Davies, A. McGuiness: Dumping at Less than Marginal Cost, in: Journal of International Economics, No. 12, 1982, pp. 169–182.

  9. For example the case discussed in S. W. Davies, A. McGuiness, op. cit. Dumping at Less than Marginal Cost, in: Journal of International Economics, No. 12, 1982, pp. 169–182.

  10. For a more extensive review of the general arguments for and against intervention in trade see Alan V. Deardorff, Robert M. Stern: Current Issues in Trade Policy: an Overview, in: Robert M. Stern (ed.): US Trade Policies in a Changing World Economy, Cambridge, Mass., 1987.

  11. See Michael Davenport, op. cit. The Charybdis of Antidumping: A New Form of EC Industrial Policy?, Discussion Paper 22, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London 1989.

  12. See Michael Finger, op. cit. Antidumping and Antisubsidy Measures, in: Michael Finger, Andrzej Plechowski (eds.): The Uruguay Round, The World Bank, Washington 1987, pp. 158.

  13. See Michael Finger, Ibid. Antidumping and Antisubsidy Measures, in: Michael Finger, Andrzej Plechowski (eds.): The Uruguay Round, The World Bank, Washington 1987, pp. 159.

  14. See Michael Finger, Ibid. Antidumping and Antisubsidy Measures, in: Michael Finger, Andrzej Plechowski (eds.): The Uruguay Round, The World Bank Washington 1987, pp. 159.

  15. See Patrick Messerlin, op. cit. The E.C. Antidumping Regulations: A First Economic Appraisal, 1980–85, in: Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 125, No. 3, 1989, pp. 563–587.

  16. See Michael Finger, Tracy Murray: Policing Unfair Imports: the US Example, Working Paper WPS401, The World Bank, Washington D.C. 1990, p. 11.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Overseas Development Institute, London, UK

    Michael Davenport

Authors
  1. Michael Davenport
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Davenport, M. The economics of antidumping and the Uruguay Round. Intereconomics 25, 267–273 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02928794

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02928794

Keywords

Search

Navigation