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12002420025WTOAccessiontoWTO&StudyofLegislationonAnti-dumpingD996.1WTOWTOAnti-dumpingStudyofLegislation,,1948(GATT),GATTGATT1969199531083000100086%2678219871997WTO221526411.9%199119931993199214WTO19973WTOWTOWTOWTOWTO4AbstractSincetheWorldWarII,withtheeconomicresurgenceandrapiddevelopment,thedetrimentandharmcausedbydumpinghavebeenseenandattachedgreatimportance.TheGeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade(GATT)validfrom1948putalltheanti-dumpinglawsofcountriesonthesametracktounificationandestablishedthebasiccompositionforlegislationonGATTofcountries.Theexistinganti-dumpingregulationswererevisedandpromulgatedthroughroundsoftalksandnegotiationsbasingonGATT.Anti-dumpingsystemhasbeenadoptedbyallcountries.Disputesarisenfromdumpingandanti-dumpingneverceased,fightsbetweendumpingandanti-dumpingcouldbeseenfromtimetotimeinthefieldofinternationaltrade.Anti-dumpingmeasureshavebeenadoptedandusedasthelegaltradeprotectionismbysomecountries.Accordingtotheincompletefigures,from1969to1995,therewere3108anti-dumpinginvestigationcasesaroundtheworldandmorethan3000commoditiesinvolved,turnoverofaboveUSD100,000,000,000.00wasaffected.86%ofthosecases(2678cases)happenedtoUSA,EU,AustraliaandCanadaattheregionalaspect;attheaspectofdevelopingtrend,anti-dumpingactionsaroundtheworldgrowmoreandmorewithstrongandpotentialtendencyandChina,whichhasbeenthematerialtargetofanti-dumping,suffersmorefromit.From1987to1997,themembersofWTOinitiated2215anti-dumpingcaseshereinto264aimedatChina,occupying11.9%.ItdeservestobementionedthatwhileChinasuffersfromtheanti-dumpingsanctionsbyadvancedwesterncountries,itexperiencesfromtheanti-dumpinginvestigationsandlawsuitsbydevelopingcountriesaswell.In1991,Japanfirstbroughtferrosiliconmanganintoanti-dumpingcaseonChinaandleviedananti-dumpingdutyin1993forthefirsttime.Attheearly1993,SouthKoreaforthefirsttimeinhistory5leviedananti-dumpingdutyonrefinedphosphoricacid.In1992,NewZealandleviedananti-dumpingdutyonmen’sandwomen’sshoesexportedfromChina.Afterthat,Mexicobegananti-dumpinginvestigationon14commodities,Brazilbegananti-dumpinginvestigationonbariumcarbonate,Argentinabegananti-dumpinginvestigationonpolyester-mixedcottonclothforshirts,Turkeybegananti-dumpinginvestigationonbacteriophage,Indiabegananti-dumpinginvestigationonmedicine,Columbiabegananti-dumpinginvestigationontextileandothercommodities,andChile,Thailand,Nigeriaandotherdevelopingcountriesalsojoinedintotheanti-dumpingtowardsChinaseparately.Therefore,itisanecessarychoicetousetheanti-dumpingmeasuresregulatedbyWTOtolegallyprotectandsaveourquotasindomesticandoverseasmarket.In1997,ninedailypapermillsofourcountrytogetherbegananti-dumpinginvestigationtowardstheforeigndailypapermills,whichwasthefirsttimethatweprotectedourlegalinterestsbytakinganti-dumpingandresultedwell.Bytakingthiscaseasanexample,othertraditionalindustrieslikeironandsteel,chemicalfiber,andchemicalindustryetc.,whichhadbeensufferingfromdumpingofgreatdealofforeignlikecommoditiesseparatelysubmittedanti-dumpingapplicationsforprotectingtheirlegalinterestsfromviolation,whichfullyinvigoratedthemutualcooperationandactivitytorespondtoanactionofthedomesticenterprisesandmadeusabetterunderstandingoflegislationonanti-dumping.Accordingtotheabovesaidwecouldseethatthelegislationonanti-dumpingofourcountrystartslatewithambiguouscontentandcharacterizeswithworsemaneuverability,andalsothatlackofanti-dumpingconsciousnessisthegenerallyweekpointsorshortcomingsofdomesticenterprises.Whatonearthisdumping?Whatdoesdumpingbringtous?Howcomeshallwejoinintotheanti-dumpingqueue?Howaboutourlegislationonanti-dumpinguponaccessiontoWTO?Thisarticleistotellyouhowtofightagainstanti-dumpinginvestigationbyexercisingrightsandpowersregulatedbyWTO.Thisarticleisdividedintothreeparts.Thefirstpartconcernsaboutthesurveyofanti-dumpinginvestigationtowardscommoditiesofourcountryin6recentyears.Itcontainstwocompositions:firstcompositionbrieflytellstheconceptionofanti-dumpingandhistoryoflegislation;secondcompositiongivesaccountoftheaffectsoneconomyofourcountrybydumping,mainlytellsthenegativeaffects.Dumpinghasanexactlyoppositeeffectwhichcouldbeseenbylevyingahighanti-dumpingdutywhichnotonlyharmsexportinggoodstoearnforeigncurrency,butalsoimpactsthedomesticandinternationalmarketquotas.Thesecondpartanalysesthereasonsandfeaturesofanti-dumpingtowardscommoditiesofourcountry,whichalsocontainstwocompositions:firstcompositionanalysesthereasonsofanti-dumpingtowardscommoditiesofourcountryobjectivelyandsubjectivelyandwhythiscountrybecomesthetargetforallattheaspectsofeconomyandpolitics;secondcompositiongivesaccountsofthefeaturesofanti-dumpingtowardsourcommodities:largerquantity,biggerobjectmatter,widerscopeandconstantlyincreaseddutyrates.ThethirdpartisaboutthemeasuresweadoptedunderWTO,alsothekeypartofthisarticle,whichiscomposedofthreecompositions:ittellsthelegislationonanti-dumpingandanalysesthedifferencesbetweenlegislationonanti-dumpingunderWTOandpreviouslegislation,theimprovementandhowtoidentifyitwithdumpingduringtheconcreteoperationsetc.inthefirstcomposition;thesecondcompositionsay