antidumping
- noun
- /ˌæntiˈdʌmpɪŋ/
- Formal
- The government imposed an antidumping tax on imported steel to protect local manufacturers from unfair competition.
- antidumping law
- antidumping duty
- antidumping investigation
Examples
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Both sets of antidumping provisions implement the GATT and GATT code and are compatible with them.
Academic text (1991) -
There are two pieces of antidumping legislation in the United States.
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Therefore, member states do not maintain independent national antidumping laws against other member states.
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Before this change, U.S. companies could only file antidumping cases against Chinese firms.
Academic text (2008) -
In such circumstances, the application of these antidumping laws damages competition.
Academic text (1991) -
In both countries, the antidumping laws were originally conceived as an extension of domestic competition laws.
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In the United States, Europe, and Japan, labor and industry groups demanded more antidumping investigations directed at China.
Academic text (2013) -
The first question posed by Mr. Goldman was whether antidumping was clearly negative in terms of its economic effects.
Academic text (1991) -
The 1984 Act sets forth standards for terminating an antidumping case on such a basis.
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Many of our companies were even more concerned with the rash of antidumping statutes being initiated and implemented in other countries.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
A tax on cheap imported goods to protect local businesses
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antidumping comes from anti- 'against' plus dumping 'selling very cheaply abroad'. So an antidumping measure is a tax or rule used to stop those very cheap imports and protect local makers.