U.S. Trade Remedy Laws and Nonmarket Economies A Legal Overview

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit).

United States.

International trade.

Trade regulation.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2012

Summary:

Discusses background and application of two major forms of U.S. trade remedy law, antidumping law and countervailing duty law (CVD), to non-market economies (NME). Covers 2007 Department of Commerce decision to change its long-standing policy and apply CVD law to NME goods, and reviews Chinese case in World Trade Organization challenging U.S. application of CVDs to Chinese products. Examines Dec. 2011 decision of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit holding that the Department of Commerce may not apply CVDs to NME country goods and must seek new legislative authority in order to do so. Addresses subsequent legislative and judicial developments

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-RL-33976 in the 2012 issue

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. U.S. Trade Remedy Laws and Nonmarket Economies

Publisher Number:

CRS-2012-AML-0158

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