MACMILLAN FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE (World Bank Trade and Development Series)

Until the 1990s, the main users of safeguards and antidumping laws were Australia, Canada, the European Union and the United States. Since then, many countries have implemented such laws, leading to a proliferation in antidumping and safeguard activity across the world. This timely book documents the political economy surrounding the implementation of these laws in seven Latin American countries and provides details on the institutions created, implementation of the laws, and subsequent activity. It finds that, in the larger political context, antidumping and safeguards is a necessary quid pro quo to certain important sectors to obtain much more liberalized trade policies for the general economy. Review "These case studies reveal that careful management of the legal principles and domestic legal institutions can do much to reduce the protectionist bent of these instruments. The study will be of value to lawyers, economists, political scientists, and policymakers interested in the role of trade remedy measures in national trade policy." -- Alan O. Sykes About the Author ELIAS BARACAT Professor Universidad de CEMA and formerly President, International Trade Commission of Argentina, Argentina JOSEFINA CAMMINATI Attorney, Universidad Catolica de Peru and formerly Consultant to the Legal Vice Ministerio Comercio, the Peruvian Exporters Association (ADEX), Peru JORGE G. GONZALEZ Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Trinity University, USA HONORIO KUME Research Officer, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and Professor, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil FRANCISCO MONGE-ARINO Associate, Costa Rican High Technology Advisory Committee Foundation (CAATEC) and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Ohio State University, USA RICARDO MONGE-GONZALEZ Executive Director, Costa Rican High Technology Advisory Committee Foundation (CAATEC) and Professor of International Trade at the Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, Costa Rica GUIDA PIANI Research Officer, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil MAURICIO REINA Associate Investigator, Fedesarrollo and formerly Vice-Minister of International Trade, Colombia LUZ ELENA REYES DE LA TORRE Partner, SAI Consultores and formerly Associate Director-General, Unit of International Trade Practices (UCPI), Mexico SEBASTIAN SAEZ Consultant and formerly Alternate Representative of Chile to the WTO, Chile RAUL LEON THORNE Consultant on International Trade Negotiations and formerly Member of INDECOPI Commission on Antidumping and Safeguards RICHARD WEBB Director, Economic Research Centre, University of San Martin de Porres and formerly President, Central Reserve Bank of Peru, Peru SANDRA ZULUAGA Associate Investigator, Fedesarrollo and formerly Advisor to the Vice-Minister for International Trade of Colombia, Colombia"