Antidumping : how it works and who gets hurt / edited by J. Michael Finger with the assistance of Nellie T. Artis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Overview. 1. Antidumping Is Where the Action Is / J. Michael Finger. 2. The Origins and Evolution of Antidumping Regulation / J. Michael Finger. 3. Lessons from the Case Studies: Conclusions / J. Michael Finger. 4. Reform / J. Michael Finger -- Pt. 2. Industry Studies. 5. Brazilian Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice: The Folly of Unfair Trade Cases / Carlos Alberto Primo Braga and Simao Davi Silber. 6. The Development of the Colombian Cut Flower Industry: A Textbook Example of How a Market Economy Works / Jose A. Mendez. 7. The Korean Consumer Electronics Industry: Reaction to Antidumping Actions / Taeho Bark. 8. Stainless Steel in Sweden: Antidumping Attacks Responsible International Citizenship / Gunnar Fors. 9. Chemicals from Poland: A Tempest in a Teacup / Andrzej Olechowski -- Pt. 3. Enforcement Studies. 10. The Antidumping Experience of a GATT-Fearing Country / Gary Banks.

11. Enforcement of Canadian Trade Remedy Laws: The Case for Competition Policies as an Antidote for Protection / Mark A. Dutz. 12. Antidumping Enforcement in the European Community / Angelika Eymann and Ludger Schuknecht. 13. Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Enforcement in the United States / J. Michael Finger and Tracy Murray.

Antidumping is a threat to the liberal trading system that post-World War II Western leadership struggled courageously and effectively to create. It offers a GATT-legal means to destroy the GATT system, leading to restrictions on more U.S. imports than even the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. This book presents studies of five industries whose exports have been hard hit by antidumping actions. Each of these studies avoids the legalisms and the jargon of antidumping and answers a straightforward question: was the national economic interest of either the exporting or the importing country improved by the antidumping actions that were taken? The contributors not only ask questions and present viable answers, but also provide a proposal that offers both consistence with GATT and good economics.

This book will be of interest to lawyers, political scientists, economists, and business people. It has intentionally avoided the specialized language of trade regulation so that it may be more readily accessible to anyone interested in international commercial policy.