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CUTS Centre
for International Trade, Economics & Environment
and
South Asia
Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment
Organised a
workshop on
Anti-Dumping
and the WTO Dispute Settlement System
Thursday
2nd December, 1999
VENUE:
Marion
Room,
Renaissance
Madison Hotel, 515 Madison Street,
Seattle,
Washington 98104, USA
A Workshop on the issue
of anti-dumping and the dispute settlement system of the WTO. Increasingly,
the anti-dumping tool is being “misused” by countries, which defeats the
very purpose of trade liberalisation, and affects the market access of
countries adversely. Proposals to bring in some tighter disciplines on
anti-dumping are being resisted. Secondly, the WTO dispute settlement system
has been a source of criticism for its flaws: interpretation, lack of transparency,
and the sheer cost of the same. On examining the dispute settlement system
vis-à-vis anti-dumping one finds that anti-dumping issues are excluded
from the normal dispute settlement process.
The Agreement on
Anti-dumping allows consumer organisations to submit their views on anti-dumping
proceedings at home, however the right of the civil society to be a part
of the dispute settlement system at the WTO is being resisted by several
developing countries. The resistance has some substance but solutions need
to be found rather than further the undemocratic nature of the system.
Speakers:
Ms. Jill Johnstone, National
Consumer Council, London
Ms. Beatrice Chaytor, FIELD,
London
Ms. Sophia Murphy, IATP,
Minneapolis
Mr. David Downes, CIEL,
Washington. D.C.
Mr.Omkar Goswami, Confederation
of Indian Industry, New Delhi
Mr. Gary Horlick, O’Melveny
& Myers, Washington D.C.
Mr. James Cameron, Baker
& Mckenzie, London
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