Chapter 11, Problem 6BCP

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Case summary: An association W of local manufacturers of utility trade wind towers challenged the commerce department’s decision to impose only the prospective anti-dumping duties instead of the retrospective ones on the import of wind towers from China and Vietnam. However, the commerce department noticed that the association has not really gone through “material injury” or a threat from any such imports.

To find: The possibility of the assessment of anti-dumping duty, retrospectively.