- Title
- The regulation of anti-dumping : a critical assessment with a focus on South Africa
- Creator
- Chikomo, Unico
- Subject
- Antidumping duties
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- Law
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/10896
- Identifier
- vital:35961
- Description
- Economic globalisation entails the integration of national economies into one economy centred upon free International trade and the unrestricted flow of foreign direct investment.1 It has been argued by economists, politicians, business people, lawyers and many others that economic globalisation results in healthy competition amongst producers of goods and technologies around the world. This in turn results in market efficiency, cheaper, high quality goods and the increased spread of technology and wealth amongst countries. International trade aims to increase trade liberalisation, which has been seen to create higher standards of living for people as a result of greater competition amongst producers in different parts of the international globe. However whilst in support of trade liberalisation trade lawyers have warned that International trade must be fair. Unfair trade can take the form of dumping, price fixing, and certain methods of subsidisation. Unfair trade usually has disastrous effects on the domestic markets of importing countries which can result in injury to domestic industry and the national economy. Such injury can be in the form low sales, losses, company closures and retrenchments. As a result of such domestic injury, World Trade Organisation (WTO) law condemns dumping if it causes injury to the domestic industry of the importing country2 and allows importing countries to impose certain measures aimed at protecting themselves against such injury; these measures are called anti-dumping measures. However, WTO member states need to ensure that their anti-dumping frameworks are consistent with WTO norms. The principal objective of this study is to critically assess the existing regulatory framework of anti-dumping in South Africa with a view to identifying shortcomings that may result in the framework being inconsistent with WTO anti-dumping rules. In pursuing that objective, the study explores the norms and standards of the existing WTO regulatory framework on anti-dumping and ascertains the obligations of South Africa with regard to the imposition of anti-dumping measures.
- Format
- 153 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Law
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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