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Antidumping and Other Trade "Remedies"

Years of analysis has proven that there is a disconnect between the rhetoric of antidumping supporters and the reality of antidumping practice. The law as currently written and enforced does not reliably identify price discrimination or below-cost sales.

Furthermore, the law lacks any mechanism for determining whether the pricing practices it condemns as unfair have any connection to market-distorting policies abroad. Although price discrimination and below-cost sales can result from government interventionism, they can also be due to perfectly normal marketplace behavior. Consequently, the antidumping law frequently punishes foreign firms for unexceptionable business practices routinely engaged in by American companies.

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Books and Book Chapters

"Antitrust," Chapter 40, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Trade," Chapter 59, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

Antidumping Exposed: The Devilish Details of Unfair Trade Law, by Brink Lindsey and Daniel J. Ikenson (September 2003).

Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism, edited by Edward L. Hudgins (1997).

Cato Studies

"Time to X Out the Ex-Im Bank," by Sallie James, Trade Policy Analysis no. 47, July 6, 2011

"Economic Self-Flagellation: How U.S. Antidumping Policy Subverts the National Export Initiative," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Trade Policy Analysis no. 46, May 31, 2011

"Protection Made to Order: Domestic Industry's Capture and Reconfiguration of U.S. Antidumping Policy," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Trade Policy Analysis no. 44, December 21, 2010

"The New Iron Age: Steel's Renaissance Beckons New Trade Policies," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Free Trade Bulletin no. 25, November 27, 2006

"All Quiet on the Antidumping Front? Take a Closer Look," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Free Trade Bulletin no. 23, September 14, 2006

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Articles and Newsletters

"Trade Protectionism and Electoral Outcome," by Miaojie Yu, Cato Journal, vol. 29 no. 3, Fall 2009.

"Dealing With Exchange Rate Protectionism," by Anna J. Schwartz, Cato Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, Winter 2005.

"Exchange Rate Protectionism: A Harmful Diversion for Trade and Development Policy," by David Malpass, Cato Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, Winter 2005.

Opinion and Commentary

"Tariff Lesson for Obama – and Us," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Australian Financial Review, November 14, 2011

"Bipartisan Punishment of China Would Destroy U.S. Jobs," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Human Events, October 17, 2011

"President's Fealty To Antidumping Lobby Kills Jobs And Depresses Growth," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Forbes.com, August 16, 2011

"Why Antidumping Duties on Chinese Furniture Don't Save U.S. Jobs," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Forbes.com, May 25, 2011

"Tariffs Benefit Few, at Cost to All," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Australian Financial Review, October 11, 2010

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Events

"How U.S. Antidumping Policy Undermines U.S. Competitiveness: A Pro-Reform Perspective," June 28, 2011 [Conference]

"Tricked on Our Treats: Time to Rethink the U.S. Sugar Program," October 30, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"A Harsh Climate for Trade: How Climate Change Proposals Threaten Global Commerce," September 10, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Should Congress Lower Tariffs on Imported Shoes?," July 25, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"Calm before the Storm? Developments in U.S. Trade Remedy Laws," April 17, 2007 [Policy Forum]




Multimedia

Cato Video U.S. Antidumping Rules Kill American Jobs (November 8, 2011) [Cato Video, 03:31]

Events Panel 3: Containing the Spill: Meta-Reforms to Mitigate the Externalized Costs of AD Measures featuring Daniel J. Ikenson, Peggy Clarke, Lewis E. Leibowitz and Marguerite Trossevin (June 28, 2011) [Events, 56:00]

Events Panel 1: An Ounce of Prevention: Limiting the Scope for Collateral Damage in the Early Stages of an Antidumping Investigation featuring Daniel J. Ikenson, Lewis E. Leibowitz, Erik Autor, Dr. J. Michael Finger and Gary Horlick (June 28, 2011) [Events, 01:22:49]

Events Panel 2: Just Because It's Legal Doesn't Mean It's Right: Reining in Rough Justice at the Commerce Department featuring Gary Horlick, Robert La Frankie, Matt Nicely and Daniel Porter (June 28, 2011) [Events, 58:01]

Media Highlights - TV Sallie James discusses the boycott of Campbell's on CNBC's Street Signs (October 21, 2010) [Media Highlights - TV, 05:06]

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