WTO arbitrator gives U.S. until Aug. 22 to comply in methodology case brought by China

The United States has until Aug. 22 to comply with a World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body ruling on its antidumping methodology in a case – DS471 – brought by China, an arbitrator decided this week. The ruling said the U.S. violated aspects of the Antidumping Agreement because of the way duties were calculated in some instances. The Appellate Body in May 2017 determined that the U.S. violated WTO rules because it improperly employed the so-called “single rate presumption,” the...