Zeroing

I hope everyone enjoyed a nice break from zeroing cases.  But you didn't think they were gone forever, did you?  There's a whole category left to deal with!  This is from the DS464 consultations request, dealing with AD measures on washers: II. THE UNITED STATES'

Following up on this post, here is another decision (JTEKT CORP v. US, released yesterday) from the CAFC that talks about whether the Department of Commerce can take an inconsistent approach to zeroing (no zeroing in investigations, but zeroing in administrative reviews): V. Commerce’s Use of Zeroing We  have

Following-up on this post, here's the question presented to the U.S. Supreme Court in a cert. petition filed by steel company Nucor last week: Whether the Tariff Act of 1930—which defines “dumping” as “the sale or likely sale of goods at less than fair value” and

As discussed in a number of posts on this blog, "zeroing" is under attack in various ways at the WTO and in domestic courts.  But even if these attacks succeed, as noted here "targeted dumping" may become the new way to use "zeroing" as

Last Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued its decision in Dongbu Steel, saying, in essence, that the Department of Commerce can't take an inconsistent approach to zeroing -- no zeroing in investigations, but zeroing in administrative reviews -- without a good

A friend of mine and I were just talking about what impact the DOC's proposal to end zeroing in administrative reviews would have on the Doha negotiations.  In this regard, a recent FT article notes: The US trade representative’s office said it would seek to negotiate a

From today's Federal Register (PDF version here), a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Commerce to stop zeroing in administrative reviews: Proposal for Calculating the Weighted Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Request for CommentPursuant to section 123(g)(1)

This is from the U.S. opening statement at the second panel meeting in U.S. - AD Measures on Orange Juice (DS382): Brazil’s Arguments Are Inconsistent with Both the Concept of, and Its Own Application of, a Prospective Normal Value System 13. The United States has demonstrated that

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit says no (yesterday).  Some brief snippets of the decision follow. First, some general background on the actions of the Department of Commerce: In November 2001, Commerce issued an antidumping duty order against Corus imposing a dumping margin of 2.59%