The WTO Appellate Body ruled January 9 that so-called “zeroing” procedures used by the United States in administering anti-dumping measures violated the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement. The Appellate Body held that US sunset trade reviews employing zeroing, whereby any differentials by which prices in the United States exceed those in home markets are not factored into anti-dumping price ratios, also violate the agreement and encouraged the Dispute Settlement Body to request that the US change its procedures. The full ruling in the case, DS322, can be found here: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/322abr_e.pdf.
