International Anti-dumping And China's Tactics

Today, tariff barrier is phasing out, and non-tariff barrier, as anti-dumping, has turned out to be a new means of trade protection. Dumping refers to the action of exporting products at very low price. Anti-dumping refers to the action of prevent the exports from dumping.WTO anti-dumping agreement is the guideline for the international anti-dumping, which former is the sixth article of GATT. Although the agreement has been revised several times, there are no definite articles of several problems, so it avails some countries to protect their market and industry in the name of anti-dumping. European and American anti-dumping laws are nearly perfect. We can use their anti-avoiding and public interest laws for reference.China has been the biggest victim of anti-dumping. The developed countries brought most of anti-dumping suits, but in recent years developing countries bring more and more suits against China. The rates of the anti-dumping tariff get higher and higher and the value of the sued products gets greater and greater.The number of anti-dumping suit has been on the increase since China joined WTO. It is caused by many factors. On one hand, the rapid increase of Chinese export makes other countries uncomfortable, the sued enterprises don't answer the suit, the forewarn system and our anti-dumping law are not perfect, some countries discriminate against China who regard China as a "non-market economy" country, the export prices are very low, and the promise when we joined WTO makes our enterprises nervers.To answer the anti-dumping suits, the government should improve its performance to change our "non-market" status, tighten up the management of answering the suits, put the export in order and complete the relief system. At the same time, the enterprises should, on one hand, take the preventing measures, such as raising the price in time, improving the business files, and investing abroad. On the other hand, the concerned enterprises should actively answer the suit, select good lawyers, and use the promise law. While China brings anti-dumping suits against other countries, the enterprises should cooperate well.This dissertation consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the definition and kinds of dumping, the economy analysis of dumping and anti-dumping, and two different views on anti-dumping. Chapter 2 introduces WTO anti-dumping agreement, European American and China's anti-dumping laws, points out the shortcomings of our law, and sets forth the features of international anti-dumping. Chapter 3 analyses the features and the reasons of the anti-dumping against China. Chapter 4 gives some suggestions in macroscopic and microcosmic respects to answer the anti-dumping suits.