Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Informal Group on Anti-Circumvention - Topic 1 - What Constitutes Circumvention? - Paper by Hong Kong, China
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28 April 1998 (98-1717) Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Informal Group on Anti-Circumvention Original: English
TOPIC 1 - WHAT CONSTITUTES CIRCUMVENTION?
Paper by Hong Kong, China
The following communication was received on 27 April 1998 from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office.
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Introduction
1. The Committee on Anti dumping Practices at its meeting held on 28 29 April 1997 took note of the framework in document G/ADP/W/404 for informal consultations on anti circumvention. It requires, among other things, that informal consultations be conducted without any preconditions or prejudgment on the outcome, and that a logical, objective and analytical approach to the issue should be adopted.
2. Before considering what constitutes circumvention, it would be useful to recall that the multilateral trading system under the WTO aims at the reduction of trade barriers on a non discriminatory basi