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Antidumping law and practice- USA and China.

Among the trilogy of trade remedy regimes- countervailing duty, safeguard and antidumping actions- antidumping actions are by far the remedy of choice. It 's a measure internationally adopted to stop unfair competition, regulate international market order and protect the security of the national industries. It 's adopted by an increasing number of countries as it 's playing an increasingly important role in international trade. It 's perhaps the most controversial subject involving foreign trade. The United States is the world 's biggest user of antidumping and has been for decades. China, on the other hand, has been the number-one target of antidumping by most countries for the past …show more content…

International Trade Commission (ITC). The first of the two mentioned above makes determinations on whether or not "dumping" takes place. The ITC, on the other hand, is the body responsible for establishing the existence of actual or threatened material injury due to subsidized imports. The ITC 's investigations are divided into a preliminary and a final phase. In the preliminary phase the ITC must determinate if there is a reasonable indication of injury. Inconclusive or incomplete evidence related to the key elements may support an affirmative preliminary finding of injury but not be adequate to support a final determination of injury. With regard to the material injury determination to be performed by the USITC, there are no clearly defined guidelines for what constitutes material injury to a US industry. In practice, the USITC 's actions will largely be based on each commissioner 's individual standard of what constitutes a material injury. Appeals lie to the court of International Trade from both DC and ITC decisions and then to the Court of Appeals for the Federal District.

The U.S. market share of Chinese made products has increased significantly in recent years and the US trade deficit with China has been growing as well. It 's not possible to determine subsides in a non-market economy such as China, Chinese goods are not subject to countervailing duties. As a

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