WTO May Invalidate EU Method To Apply High Duties On China Post-NME Expiration

By ruling against the European Union in a dispute over antidumping duties on Argentine biodiesel exports, an upcoming decision by the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body could foreclose any approach explored by the European Commission to apply AD duties on Chinese companies by using third-country data in the event that China is no longer treated as a non-market economy. The EU was faulted in March by a WTO Dispute Settlement Body panel for violating Articles 2.2. and 2.2.1.1 of the...