United States
– COUNTERVAILING DUTY MEASURES
ON CERTAIN PRODUCTS FROM CHINA
recourse to article 22.6 of the dsu by the United States
Decision by the arbitrator
BCI
omitted, as indicated [[***]]
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
1 Introduction.. 12
2 Procedural matters. 14
2.1
Prior stages of this dispute. 14
2.2
Present arbitration proceedings. 14
2.3
Treatment of BCI 16
3 Determination of the level of
nullification and impairment. 16
3.1
Scope of the proceedings. 17
3.2 Counterfactual 18
3.3
Methodology. 23
3.3.1
Nested approach to elasticities of substitution. 24
3.3.2
Net-of-duty adjustment 32
3.3.3
The effects of dumping on China's market shares. 33
3.3.4
Factors other than trade remedies (Rising Suppliers) 38
3.4
Data inputs. 41
3.4.1
Year-prior 41
3.4.2
Remedy year 63
3.4.3
Elasticities. 86
3.5
Implementation and final N/I calculation. 86
4 Conclusion.. 87