International Trade (Recommendations)

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This recommendation concerns the protective orders practice of the United States International Trade Commission in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings. Under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, the Commission has authority to release to counsel, under protective order, certain confidential business and financial information that is...

The antidumping law (19 U.S.C. § 160 et seq. (1971)) is designed to prevent foreign manufacturers from selling their products in the United States market at prices less than those charged abroad—at “less than fair value” (LTFV)—if such price discrimination “injures” domestic competitors. Whenever LTFV sales and resulting injury appear, the antidumping law requires the...