Anti-dumping and Safeguards with Chinese Characteristics

By Mitch Dudek, Alex Wang & Chenbo Zhang, Jones Day, Shanghai

Since 1979, Chinese products have been the subject of more than 300 anti-dumping investigations worldwide. In 2002 alone, Chinese products were the subject of 47 investigations, and anti-dumping duties were levied in 36 cases. China, for its part, is increasingly reliant upon anti-dumping and safeguard measures to protect its own domestic industries. Indeed, since its first investigations against Canadian and US newsprint in 1997, China has launched 26 anti-dumping cases against foreign goods. Perhaps most notably, in May 2002 China mounted its first post-WTO safeguard action when it invoked tariff-quotas against US steel products.