The Question of Contingent Protection

Patrick Messerlin (1) , Mathew Tharakan (2)

1 ECON - Département d'économie (Sciences Po)
2 Universiteit Antwerpen = University of Antwerpen [Antwerpen]

The Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, formally concluded on 15 April 1994 in Marrakesh, led to the adoption by the WTO Members of new Agreements dealing with the major instruments of contingent protection, i.e. Anti-dumping, Countervailing and Safeguard Measures. But the new Agreements have not diminished the intensity of the controversy surrounding the use of contingent protection, particularly antidumping (AD) measures. It is clear that a serious debate about the rationale of the definition of dumping as it is now contained in Article 2 of WTO (1994) cannot be endlessly postponed (...).

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance

Patrick Messerlin, Mathew Tharakan. The Question of Contingent Protection. The World Economy, 1999, 22 (9), pp.1251 - 1270. ⟨hal-03416493⟩