World Trade Organization: Panel Rules in China’s Favor on Anti-Dumping Complaint Involving Fasteners
(Dec. 16, 2010) On December 3, 2010, the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a panel report that examined a complaint by China against the European Union in the case ” European Communities – Definitive AD [Anti-Dumping] Measures on Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners from China” (DS397). The dispute panel supported China’s claims that the EU had violated world trade rules through the imposition of antidumping duties on imports of Chinese screws, bolts, and other types of fasteners. (Panel Report Out on China-EU Fastener Dispute, WTO website (Dec. 3, 2010), http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news10_e/397r_e.htm; Daniel Pruzin, WTO Panel Ruling Supports Complaint of Chinese Against EU Antidumping Duties, 27 INTERNATIONAL TRADE REPORTER 1881 (Dec. 9, 2010), Bureau of National Affairs online subscription database, http://news.bna.com/itln/ITLNWB/split_display.adp?fe
dfid=18815612&vname=itrnotallissues&fn=18815612&jd=a0c5m9g3k7&split=0.)The dispute centered on a January 2009 decision by the EU “to impose a definitive…
