National Retail Federation Advocates for Improvements in WTO Rules
12/04/07 01:21 PM
On December 4, 2007,
the U.S. Customs House Guide
reported that the National Retail
Federation (NRF) stated that it will review a draft text of
proposed new trade remedy rules released by the World Trade
Organization (WTO) on November 30, 2007 and will focus on whether
the draft will result in reforms to end what the increasing abuse
of anti-dumping and countervailing duties mechanisms.
“One of the key
objectives of American retailers in the Doha round is to obtain
improvements and clarifications in the rules governing the use of
anti-dumping and countervailing duty actions against imported
products that will prevent abusive and unfair use of these measures
and ensure that they do not undermine the competitiveness of U.S.
retailers, manufacturers, and farmers,” NRF Vice President and
International Trade Counsel Erik Autor said. “We will carefully
review the text released today to ascertain whether it can serve as
a basis for achieving the retail industry’s goals in these
negotiations.”