Old-New Approaches In Trade Defence Proceedings

It goes without saying that 2015 was a flagship year for Ukraine in the field of trade defense remedies. In addition to numerous proceedings initiated and measures applied, Ukrainian investigative authorities faced lots of challenges, to name but a few: the first lost a WTO case Ukraine — Definitive Safeguard Measures on Certain Passenger Cars (DS468); the first decision of the Supreme Court of Ukraine shedding light on the competence of the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (i.e. the state agency responsible for adopting key decisions in trade defense proceedings) (the Commission) and of the courts proceedings; the new WTO case initiated by Russia to challenge the Commission's cost adjustment approach¹; for the first time Ukraine applied countervailing duties. In this article our aim is to highlight major trends of trade defence proceedings in Ukraine.