The Effects of NAFTA on Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Activity

Treatment of unfair trade laws has become an important topic in negotiations on preferential trading areas. Recent preferential trading areas involving the United States (U.S.), one of the most significant users of these laws, have established special bi-national dispute settlement panels to arbitrate disagreements. Using a panel database of U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty activity from 1980 through 2000, the article examines whether the use of dispute settlement panels has reduced such activity between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners. The analysis finds little evidence for any effect, calling into question the effectiveness of dispute settlement panels in reducing unfair trade law activity.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Blonigen, Bruce A.
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2005-09
Subjects:	ACCORDS, AGGREGATE IMPORTS, AGRICULTURE, ANTI-DUMPING DECISIONS, ANTIDUMPING, ANTIDUMPING CASES, ANTIDUMPING DATABASE, ANTIDUMPING DECISIONS, ANTIDUMPING DUTIES, ANTIDUMPING FILINGS, ANTIDUMPING PETITIONS, ANTIDUMPING POLICIES, APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES, BENCHMARK, BINATIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES, BINATIONAL PANEL PROCESS, BINATIONAL PANELS, BINATIONAL REVIEW PANELS, COMPETITION POLICIES, COMPETITION POLICY, CORPORATE PROFITS, COUNTERVAILING DUTIES, COUNTERVAILING DUTY, COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIVITY, COUNTERVAILING DUTY FILINGS, CUMULATIVE FILINGS, CUSFTA, DECISION MAKING, DIRECTION OF TRADE, DIRECTION OF TRADE STATISTICS, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT FILINGS, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PANEL, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEEDINGS, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS, DISPUTES, DOMESTIC FIRMS, DOMESTIC INDUSTRY, DUE PROCESS, ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, EUROPEAN UNION, EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS, EXPORT SUBSIDY, EXPORTERS, FOREIGN CURRENCY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FREE TRADE, FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, FREE TRADE AREA, FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS, GDP, GROWTH RATE, HIGH DUTIES, IMPORT ACTIVITY, IMPORT GROWTH, IMPORT PENETRATION, IMPORT PRODUCTS, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, ITC, MACROECONOMIC FACTORS, MARGINAL EFFECTS, MATERIAL INJURY, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION, MULTILATERAL TRADE, NAFTA, NATIONAL AUTHORITY, NATIONAL COURT, NATIONAL LAWS, NEGATIVE EFFECT, NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, PANEL DECISIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS, PROFITABILITY, PROTECTIONIST THREATS, PROVISIONAL DUTIES, QUOTAS, REAL EXCHANGE RATE, REAL EXCHANGE RATES, REAL GDP, REGIONAL GROUPINGS, RENT SEEKING, RULES OF ORIGIN, SAFEGUARD ACTIONS, SAFEGUARD PROTECTION, STATISTICAL ANALYSES, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, TRADE AGREEMENT, TRADE BARRIERS, TRADE DISPUTE, TRADE DISPUTES, TRADE LAW, TRADE LAWS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, TRADE POLICY, TRADE PROTECTION, TRADE REMEDIES, TRADE VOLUMES, TRADING PARTNERS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES, WELFARE IMPACTS, WORLD TRADE, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/17753003/effects-nafta-antidumping-countervailing-duty-activity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16470
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