• 무역학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.231-246
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• 2019

Circumvention refers to the situation in which exporters try to circumvent import restrictions by setting up factories in third countries and assembling and producing parts locally. Circumvention dumping eliminates the impacts of existing anti-dumping measures, and major countries are introducing anti-circumvention dumping laws to address this problem. If the act of the exporting country is recognized as a circumvention dumping activity, anti-dumping duties are applied retroactively to the imported goods or components. Evasion is an act of importation that results in the reduction or non-application of cash deposits, securities, or anti-dumping or countervailing duties, in a manner that is substantive or false, substantive or omission. In this article, we reviewed the contents and examples of the anti-circumvention measures by the US Department of Commerce (DOC), the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Anti-Evasion measures by the CBP. The CBP examples show how much inference can be made about which parts of the CBP's investigations, and in what ways. The enactment of the EAPA created an environment in which the role of the CBP was directly guaranteed, and it was possible to apply adverse inferences to those who did not respond to requests for information, resulting in stronger CBP's authority. Therefore, it is advisable for Korea to examine the introduction of domestic laws, such as the bypass anti-dumping system, in order to cope with unfair trade practices that undermine and neutralize the effects of anti-dumping measures.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.95-117
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• 2022

This paper empirically examines what factors affected the termination of anti-dumping measures in Korea during the 2006-2019 period. Employing a meticulous literature review, the paper investigates the WTO's and Korea's rules on the termination of anti-dumping measures and sets up the related variables in the Cox proportional hazards model. The empirical results show that the GDP growth rate, employment, and trade competitiveness in domestic industries had positive effects on the hazard of the termination of AD measures, while free trade agreements had negative effects. By industry, the hazard of the termination of AD measures was less prominent in the steel industry, while it was more prominent in the machinery industry. These results imply that AD measures in Korea had the properties of a proper trade remedy policy and, at the same time, a protectionism tool to sustain its domestic industries, depending on industrial characteristics and other trade policies.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2020

Purpose - This study empirically analyzes the effects of provisional anti-dumping duties levied on imports by Korea following anti-dumping investigations. An anti-dumping duty is a legal tool that countries use to impose duties on imports to offset injurious dumping. This study verifies how effective the imposition of a provisional anti-dumping duty is and whether such duties have trade chilling effects on aggregate imports. Specifically, this study examines import trade diversion from named to unnamed countries caused by the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties. Design/methodology - This empirical analysis employs an econometric model of provisional anti-dumping measures for cases in which Korea imposed final affirmative anti-dumping measures. We construct a monthly panel dataset for each stage of anti-dumping investigation undertaken by Korea for all manufacturing industries during 1995-2013. We illustrate a stage-by-stage analysis of anti-dumping investigations from initiation, preliminary decision, imposition of provisional duty, final affirmative decision, and imposition of final affirmative duty on a monthly basis at the six-digit harmonized system code-level. Findings - For cases in which provisional duties are imposed, the reduction in imports from named countries outweighs the increase in imports from unnamed countries. The substantial reduction in imports from named countries is large enough to offset the import diversion to unnamed countries, suggesting that import diversion in investigations is limited during the investigation period. Therefore, the use of provisional anti-dumping duties in Korea is effective, providing evidence of a chilling effect on aggregate imports. Originality/value - Few studies examine the size of the effects on import trade diversion of the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties. We contribute to the literature by disentangling separate trade effects for each phase of the anti-dumping investigation process and imposition of provisional duty.

• 무역학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.223-240
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• 2022

Anti-circumvention rules were discussed profoundly during the Uruguay Round and the DDA negotiations, although WTO members failed to reached an agreement to introduce it to the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement. However, as the cases of circumvention of anti-dumping duties increase, a number of countries have enacted anti-circumvention regulations as part of their anti-dumping laws. This study aims to analyze anti-circumvention rules from the perspective of WTO law. After overviewing the object and purpose of anti-dumping and anti-circumvention regulations, it examines anti-circumvention regulations of the US, the EU, and India. Next, the study explores the possible WTO-inconsistent aspects of those regulations. Then, it discusses whether it would be preferable for countries not equipped with anti-circumvention regulations, such as Korea, to have one. Thereafter, this study proposes Korean government to introduce anti-circumvention rules into its anti-dumping law.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.3-27
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• 2017

This paper studied the effects of anti-dumping measures on the imports to investigate whether the trade restriction effect of an anti-dumping duty is dominant. Our results indicate that a 1% increase in the anti-dumping duties decreases the import of the targeted product by about 0.43~0.51%. The actual statistics, however, show that the total import of the targeted products increased by about 30 percent while an anti-dumping duty was in force. That indicates that an anti-dumping duty is just a temporary import relief. This paper also investigated whether an anti-dumping duty is terminated in the case that the injury would not be likely to continue or recur if the duty were removed. The hazards model estimates show that increase in market share, MFN tariff rate, and dumping margin decrease the hazard of termination of an anti-dumping duty, but the increase in value added increases the hazard of termination. Generally speaking, this result indicates that the WTO member countries have regulated the overuse of an anti-dumping measure. The findings of this paper show that there is a country- and industry-wise heterogeneous characteristic in the effect as well as termination of an anti-dumping duty.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제30권
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• pp.145-174
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• 2006

An anti-dumping has become the trade policy of choice for developing countries as well as advanced countries, hence it is the impending issue to the export-oriented countries including Korea. After colligating the analysis on the trade and industrial policy between Korea and China as well as the analysis on the preceding research, the main reasons of anti-dumping were selected as followings; an unemployment rate, real GDP growth rate and consumer price increase as internal factors, and trade balance, regional coefficient and trade specification index as external factors. Then, the research on how the above seven variable factors can affect the number of anti-dumping measures was accomplished. For the empirical analysis, the above information was used after reorganizing them by on the quarterly basis. Through the use of the correlation analysis, backward elimination of multiple regression analysis model and time-series analysis, it has appeared that the unemployment rate appeared to be the most important factors of anti-dumping measures in addition to the increase rate of trade balance. The variable such as the unemployment rate is uncontrollable for us, so it is appropriate to establish and operate an preemptive monitoring system based on the increasing rate of the amount of export and increasing rate of trade surplus.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.233-260
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• 2013

FTA를 중심으로 하는 다수의 RTA는 미래 세대에 대한 배려, 지속성, 공정성, 형평성 등을 핵심적인 가치로 하는 지속가능한 발전 개념을 내포하고 있는 경우가 점차 증가하고 있고, 자유무역주의 기조의 확산 정착과 지속가능한 발전 간의 조화를 위한 중요한 규범적 도구가 될 수 있을 것으로 기대되고 있다. 따라서 국제사회가 모색하고 있는 새로운 세계경제 질서의 재편 및 확립을 위한 세계경제의 통합과 자유화에 있어서는 그 어느 때보다도 지속가능한 발전개념이 핵심적인 규범 목적과 가치로 주목받고 있다. 반덤핑제도의 주요 초점이 과거에는 덤핑을 규제하기 위한 것이 목적이었으나, 최근에는 반덤핑제도의 남용을 억제하는 것으로 변화되고 있다. 반덤핑제도 운영의 투명성이 무엇보다도 중요하며, 객관적이고 투명한 반덤핑제도의 운영은 행정적 효율성을 제고시켜줄 뿐만 아니라 수출국에 대한 보복 조치와 무역 분쟁을 방지할 수 있기 때문이다. 따라서 국내적 대응방안으로 덤핑수출업체로부터의 국내산업 보호를 위한 정책을 수립하여야 하며, 비교열위산업의 경우 해당부문에 대한 구조조정을 촉진하여야 하고, 산업구조 고도화를 위한 정부의 정책조정이 필요할 것이다.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.117-142
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• 2014

반덤핑제도는 정상가격 이하로 판매되는 덤핑 수입으로 인해 야기되는 국내 산업에 대한 피해를 구제하기 위한 관세조치로서, 상계관세제도, 세이프가드와 함께 대표적인 무역구제 제도이다. 중국의 경우 반덤핑 관련 법령에서 행정재심사 관련 내용을 포함하고 있는 법령으로는 '반덤핑조례', '반덤핑신규수출 자재심사 잠정규칙', '반덤핑 관세 환급 잠정규칙' 등이 있다. 중국의 반덤핑제도는 2002년 첫 조사 개시가 이루어진 후 2004년부터 시작하여 사건 수가 점차 많아지고 있다. 그러나 중국의 반덤핑조례가 금번 개정을 거쳐 구 조례에서 문제점으로 지적되어 오던 실효성과 구체성의 결여를 상당 부분 보완하는 등 획기적인 발전을 거두고 있다는 것 또한 부정할 수 없다. 동 조례는 기본적으로 WTO반 덤핑협정의 내용을 대부분 수용하고 있으며 일부 내용은 미국, EU등 선진국의 관련규정을 참조하여 도입하고 있다. 이러한 변화는 선례를 통한 예측 가능성을 보다 향상시키고 있다. WTO 가입을 계기로 중국은 WTO규범에 일치시키기 위해 국내법에 대해 폐지, 개정 작업을 하고 있다. 반덤핑법도 그 중의 한 부분이지만 WTO규범에 완전히 일치하는 제도적 장치를 마련하기까지는 많은 경험과 시간을 필요로 할 것으로 보인다.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.269-291
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• 2012

EU의 공동체법 및 통상정책을 분석해 보면 궁극적 목표는 회원국의 공동이익을 보호하는 데 있다는 것을 알 수 있다. 물론 반덤핑조치는 상계관세 및 세이프가드와 더불어 자국산업을 방어하는 3대 정책수단이며 WTO도 이를 허용하고 있다. 그런데 EU는 다른 정책수단보다 반덤핑정책에 의존하고 있는데, 그 이유는 어떤 다른 방어정책보다 반덤핑수단이 산업방어 측면에서 효과가 즉각 발휘되고 EU 입장을 최대한 대변할 수 있다는 데 있다. EU 반덤핑정책의 경우 보호주의 색채가 짙으며 특히 정치적 영향을 받고 있다. 조사개시가 쉽게 이루어지며 소위 '공동체이익' 조항을 둠으로써 정치적 개입의 여지를 두고 있다. 또한 집단대응을 명시함으로써 '집단적보호주의'(collective protectionism)의 길을 열어두고 있다. 본 연구의 또 하나 중요한 결론은 EU 반덤핑정책이 역내 비교열위산업을 보호하는 주요 수단이 되고 있다는 것이다. 즉 EU 반덤핑 조치로 수입의 역내 전환효과가 크게 나타나는데, 그 효과로 인해 역내생산이 종전에 비해 증가된다는 것이다. 이런 이유로 반덤핑정책은 EU가 포기할 수 없는 통상정책수단이 되고 있다.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.187-203
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• 2021

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of non-tariff barriers on the Free Trade Agreement. Currently, it has achieved significant export effects by signing free trade agreements with many countries in Korea. However, most countries have implemented non-tariff barriers to protect their industries. This study analyzes the effects of non-tariff barriers in counterpart countries that have signed a free trade agreement. Design/methodology/approach - For analysis, first, prior studies were summarized, and second, the current status of free trade agreements and non-tariff barriers were identified. And, based on the current situation, the relationship between non-tariff barriers and export volume was analyzed. The targets of analysis are the United States, China, and Vietnam, which are Korea's three largest exporters. As for non-tariff barriers, anti-dumping tariffs, countervailing tariffs, and emergency import restrictions were analyzed as import regulatory measures. Findings - In the case of the United States, it can be seen that the decline in textiles, steel and electronics sectors is even greater. In the case of China, it can be seen that exports declined after imposing non-tariff barriers in the steel sector. Finally, it can be seen that exports declined after Vietnam implemented a non-tariff barrier on the steel sector. It was found that non-tariff barriers offset the effects of the Free Trade Agreement. Research implications or Originality - Currently, Korea has free trade agreements with numerous countries. However, after the free trade agreement entered into force, the number of annual average import regulation investigations for Korean products is on the rise. In the end, the implementation of non-tariff barriers is offsetting the effects of free trade agreements. Therefore, when signing a free trade agreement, it is necessary to thoroughly prepare for import regulatory measures such as the insertion of provisions of non-tariff barriers.