外文翻译East Asia s Anti-dumping ProblemMaterialSource: Wiley Onl ine Library Author: Thomas J.Prusa1. INTRODUCTIONThe more things change, the more they stay the same. In the 1970s anti-dumping(AD) was the most common type of tradedisputeand East Asian countries were the leading targets of these investigations. The same was true in 1980s. The same was also true in the 1990s. The same is still true today.For allthe hue and cry about safeguardsSuper 301, government-subsidized exports,etc.AD was, is,and for the indefinitfeuturewillcontinueto be, the undisputedking of protectionSeveralauthorshave documented the world’s growing AD problem (Miranda et al., 1998; Prusa, 21; and Zanardi, 24). Each studyprovidesevidence of the growing use and proliferatiofi AD protection. Prusa (25) perhapsoffersthe best evidence,pointing)ut thatin terms of the quantity of trade litigation, AD has lapped theefieldimes over. Between 1995 and 20, WTO members reported 61 safeguard investigation115 countervailingity investigations,d 1,441 AD investigation&alid somewhat differentlyver the past25 years therehave been more disputesunder the AD agreement than under all the other GATT/WTO trade statutes put together.While there is considerable disagreement whether AD levels or tilts the playi field, there can be little doubt that East Asian countries have been, and wi 11 continueto be, the leadingtargetof AD actionsSimply put, AD is a serious problem f or East Asia; by almost any measure East Asian countries are subject to disproportionathareof AD actionsThe extentof the disparityas not been recognized in any previous studies. The goal of this paper is to eliminate this the literature.For this paper, I review AD disputes over the past 25 years and fin...
