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International Trade Law

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Proposals For Change In The Administration Of The Antidumping Act, Stephen L. Gibson Jan 1979

Proposals For Change In The Administration Of The Antidumping Act, Stephen L. Gibson

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article suggests changes that might be made in the administration of the existing Act to improve the efficiency of investigations and the fairness of determinations under the Act in its present form. Most of these suggestions are addressed to the Treasury Department's fair value investigation, with only a few comments on the International Trade Commission injury investigation phase. The ITC has developed a framework for injury investigations that appears generally to be both workable and acceptable to interested parties. Treasury's fair value investigation, on the other hand, has tended to be more controversial. This stems in part from the …


The Antidumping Act: Comments For Business, John Cutler Jan 1979

The Antidumping Act: Comments For Business, John Cutler

Michigan Journal of International Law

After several decades of disuse, the Antidumping Act has been rediscovered in recent years by domestic producers. However, even as American manufacturers have resorted to the Act with increasing frequency, they have criticized it as being ineffective. Although American producers undoubtedly would be better served if the Antidumping Act were to be amended in response to these criticisms, the Act, as presently written and administered by the Treasury Department, can even now provide benefits for domestic producers that are frequently overlooked. An American manufacturer who initiates a proceeding under the Antidumping Act is usually seeking to force up prices for …