The Danish Institute for International Studies, DIIS, and the Governance, Economic Policy & Public Administration Research Network, GEPPA, have the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar in the ‘Trade Mondays’ series
Twisting the Rules of Trade?
Anti-dumping, safeguards and countervailing duties
Monday, 4 April 2005, 14.00-16.30
Danish Institute for International Studies
Nordskov Conference Room, Third Floor
Wilders Plads 8H, 1401 Copenhagen K
PROGRAMME
14.00-14.10: Introduction
Michael Friis Jensen, Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Coordinator of the WTRADE network
14.10-14.40: Title to be announced
Martin Hvidt Thelle, Partner, Copenhagen Economics
14.40-15.10: How ‘fair’ are anti-dumping practices in dealing with ‘unfair’ trade practices: A developing country perspective
Aradhna Aggarwal, Associate Professor, Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi
15.10-15.30: Coffee Break
15.30-16.00: The EU anti-dumping policy towards non-market economies?
Jørgen Ulff-Møller Nielsen, Associate Professor, Aarhus School of Business and Coordinator of the research group International Economic Integration.
16.00-16.30: Discussion
SHORT BIOS AND ABSTRACTS
Martin Hvidt Thelle is a partner and company director of Copenhagen Economics. He is a specialist in regional economics and the economics of European integration. He was previously Head of Section in the Danish Ministry of Energy and Environment. He recently co-authored a report on anti-dumping entitled (in Danish) ‘Antidumping – den særlige beskyttelsestold - retfærdig handel eller ren protektionisme?’
Title to be announced
Dr. Aradhna Aggarwal is Associate Professor in Economics at the Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi. She has also been working as Consultant with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) and The Reaseach and Information Systems for Developing Countries (RIS). She has participated in various studies on proposals for the Doha-Round negotiations, instituted by the Directorate General of Anti-dumping Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.
How ‘fair’ are anti-dumping practices in dealing with ‘unfair’ trade practices: A developing country perspective
This presentation argues that the anti-dumping law is highly asymmetric and discriminatory against developing countries. Dumping is deemed to be the export of merchandise at a price below its normal value in the home market. Home market prices in developing countries for domestically manufactured products are often higher than in their export markets. This distortion is largely due to inefficient cost structures. Finding dumping therefore is almost a foregone conclusion in most cases. However, developing countries are not at the receiving end only. Since the advent of the WTO regime, they have also been increasingly using this tool. Whatever may be the motivation of the use of AD measures by developing countries, this may reverse the trade gains that liberalisation may ensure to them. Thus, these countries are likely to be hurt both as targets and as users. Efforts need to be made to make the AD code more ‘development friendly’ that takes into account the special economic conditions and structure of the developing countries. In particular, I call for strengthening the Special and Differential Treatment provisions and offer a few suggestions to make Article 15 of the WTO anti-dumping agreement effective.
Jørgen Ulff-Møller Nielsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Management and International Business, Aarhus School of Business as well as the coordinator of the research group International Economic Integration. His main research areas inclues foreign trade and quality of products; the relation between international trade and foreign direct investment; and the EU anti-dumping policy.
The EU anti-dumping policy towards non-market economies
Even though the number of non-market economies (NMEs), to which the anti-dumping (AD) legislation of the European Union (EU) applies, has decreased drastically since 1989, the AD-policy treatment of non-market economies still attracts a lot of attention. First of all, because the AD-legislation of NMEs differs from that of market economies to an extent that may be viewed as discriminatory. Secondly, because the share of AD-cases against NMEs significantly surpasses the share of the given NMEs in EU25 imports. And thirdly, because China being one of the MNEs is not only the most important target of the EU AD policy but also a world economy power. The presentation explains the main differences in the treatment of market and non-market economies, including the possibilities for companies in NMEs to apply for a market economy status. With emphasis on China, it further discusses to what extent the EU policy may be viewed as discriminatory because of differences in the quality of products from China and analogue countries which are used in calculating the dumping margins.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
The seminar will be held in English.
Participation is free of charge, and registration is not required.
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