Press Release: Anti-dumping. EU welcomes WTO ruling on US anti-dumping violations, Brussels, 18 April 2006

The Appellate Body of the WTO found the United States in breach of its WTO obligations for using 'zeroing' when calculating margins of dumping, April 2006. 'Zeroing' is a calculation methodology which consists of ignoring cases of 'negative' dumping, i.e. where export price exceeds normal value and therefore results in an artificial increase of the dumping liability of EU exporters. This decision upholds the earlier criticism of zeroing by the WTO in 2001.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Trade: Press Release, 12.4.07: EU response to US action on WTO zeroing judgement http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/anti_dumping/pr120407_en.htm

European Commission: DG Trade: Press Release, 14.5.07: WTO Dispute Settlement - EU to request WTO panel in zeroing dispute http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr140507_en.htm

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