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Using the WTO Trade Remedies Committees as a Forum to Resolve Trade Frictions

November 13, 2023 By Arnoud Willems, Pablo Bentes, Dr. Bregt Natens, Claude Chase, Vineet Hegde and Weiwei Zhang 5 Mins Read

Few companies know all the opportunities the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) offers to resolve trade-related problems or frictions. The WTO’s functioning does not depend only on its Dispute Settlement Body (“DSB”). It has several committees that can be even more powerful than the DSB. Examples are the Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices (“AD Committee”) and the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (“SCM Committee”). This Blog explains how both offer a forum to resolve practical and…

Navigating Global Anti-Dumping Procedures: A Comparative Table of Anti-dumping Procedures in Key Jurisdictions

August 31, 2023 By Arnoud Willems, Christine Streatfeild, Frank Pan, Francisco Niclós Negrão, Junko Suetomi, Dr. Bregt Natens and Klaudia Walczak 2 Mins Read

In the realm of international trade, the anti-dumping instrument plays a crucial role in safeguarding domestic industries against unfair trading practices. The high number of anti-dumping investigations initiated around the world, as well as an increasingly broad product scope (such as touted cases on hydrogen or electric vehicles), mean that many internationally active companies will need to be aware of anti-dumping. While World Trade Organization law sets out the general framework for municipal anti-dumping rules,…

EU Anti-dumping and Anti-subsidy Duty Enforcement: Increased Actions Against Imports from Türkiye

June 1, 2023 By Arnoud Willems, Can Sozer, Dr. Bregt Natens and Ines Willemyns 3 Mins Read

Türkiye as a Target for EU Trade Remedy Measures – What Turkish Exporting Producers Should Know The European Union (EU) actively uses anti-dumping and anti-subsidy (or countervailing duty) investigations to protect the EU manufacturing industry from competition from imports. Imports from Türkiye are a prime target for these investigations: in the past 20 years, imports from Türkiye were targeted in 15 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations. Five of these investigations were initiated in the last three…

UK introduces Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations

April 28, 2021 By Sunny Mann 1 Min Read

The UK has issued the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (the “Regulations“), which came into force on 26 April 2021. These Regulations are designed to ensure that sanctions relating to serious incidents of corruption are enforced. The Regulations will give the government the power to impose asset freezes on designated persons or those dealing with them, with the aim of preventing the UK from being used as a “haven for dirty money.” This is the first time…