Anti-circumvention

Anti-circumvention in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, anti-circumvention is: measures by governments to prevent circumvention of measures they have imposed, such as definitive anti- dumping duties. Sometimes firms seek to avoid such duties through, for example, assembly of parts and components either in the importing country or a third country, or by shifting the source of manufacture and export to a third country. The term as used in the WTO does not refer to cases of fraud. These would be dealt with under normal legal procedures of the countries concerned. The Agreement on Agriculture contains an anti- circumvention provision. The entries on trade policy are here. It stipulates that export subsidies not listed in the Agreement must not be used to circumvent export subsidy commitments. Nor must non-commercial transactions be used in this way. See also anti- dumping measures, carousel effect, dumping and screwdriver operations.[1]

Anti-circumventionin the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Anti-circumvention” entry (OAS)

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