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Double Protection: The Case Against the "Byrd Amendment" of U.S. Trade Law
International Trade Law & Regulation (2001)
  • Perry S Bechky
  • Anne Macgregor
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Abstract

Under the Byrd Amendment of 2000, all collected antidumping and countervailing duties must be distributed among U.S. companies that successfully petition for the imposition of those duties. The Byrd Amendment created an economic incentive for the proliferation of trade cases. A strong legal case can be made that the Byrd Amendment is inconsistent with WTO rules.

Keywords
  • WTO,
  • Byrd Amendment,
  • Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act,
  • antidumping,
  • countervailing duties,
  • CVD
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Publication Date
February, 2001
Publisher Statement
First published by Thomson Reuters in International Trade Law & Regulation, issue 7:1, in February 2001. Republished with permission.
Citation Information
Perry S Bechky and Anne Macgregor. "Double Protection: The Case Against the "Byrd Amendment" of U.S. Trade Law" International Trade Law & Regulation Vol. 7 Iss. 1 (2001)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/perry_bechky/11/