Study On Public Interest In Anti-dumpihg Iegislation

With the continuous development of the liberalization of international trade, tariff and non-tariff barriers trade defense instruments have more and more restrictions. In this context, the anti-dumping as a form of legitimate, simple operation and significant effect of the new tools of the trade protectionism has been fancied by WTO members. And it gradually deviated from the initial simple purpose to protect domestic industries from dumping damage. It becomes the new form of existence of trade barriers between countries. With the increasing frequency of the using of anti-dumping, more and more people find that it has protected the interests of domestic industry but seriously damaged the interests of the domestic downstream users and consumers. Therefore, the anti-dumping legislation, public interest issues began and received extensive attention.This paper is divided into five parts, starting from dumping and anti-dumping theory, first expounded background and concept of the public interest issues raised in the anti-dumping legislation; then, from the legislative process and the substantive aspects of the European Union, Canada, the United States and anti-dumping legislation in the public interest issues in the WTO anti-Dumping Agreement; Finally, it is pointed out that the shortcomings of public interest issues in China’s anti-dumping regime, combined with China’s national conditions, put forward some reference proposals to improve our legislation and practice.