Author Description

In The Era Of Globalization, Trade Policy Has Become A Key Development Tool And Expanding Exports A Major Policy Objective For Developing Countries. However, Pressures For Protectionism Are Threatening To Reverse The Gains. The Surge Of Anti-dumping Practices In The 1990s In Many Countries Have Triggered An Intense Debate On The Anti-dumping Agreement And Its Implementation. This Volume Analyses The Importance Of Anti-dumping From A Developing Country's Perspective. The Author Investigates The Use Of Anti-dumping In A Comparative Framework And Reviews The Genesis And Evolution Of The Agreement And Its Legal Provisions. She Further Discusses The Economic And Non-economic Justifications Of Anti-dumping Use And Empirically Analyses The Macro-economic Factors Motivating Countries To Use Anti-dumping. Finally She Examines The Wide-ranging Proposals To Reform The Wto Anti-dumping Code. The Analysis Brings Out A Bias Against Developing Countries And Stresses The Need For Fundamental Reform Of Current Anti-dumping Rules. The Author Also Reflects On Plausible Approaches To Refine Existing Provisions And Explores The Possibility Of Reform By Including A Public Interest Test. She Suggests Updating The Special And Differential Treatment Provisions To Remedy Existing Imbalances.