In a recent commentary, the Director-General of the World Trade
Organisation, Pascal Lamy, pointed to a "significant
decline" in initiations of new anti-dumping investigations
from 213 in 2008 down to 153 in 2011.
However, the Australian experience suggests that while the
numbers of actions may have reduced internationally, the intensity
of those investigations in the Australian environment has
increased.
To this effect, it is worth noting the following issues:
- In our earlier commentaries on anti-dumping reform we have
referred to the report of the Productivity Commission, its
recommendations and the content of 2 earlier tranches of amending
legislation.
- The Australian Federal Government has now introduced its third
tranche of anti-dumping legislation into Federal Parliament.
According to the Media Release from the Minister for Home Affairs
("Minister"), the legislation makes the
following 4 substantive reforms to the anti-dumping system.
