Economic Analysis of Anti-Dumping Tax

Anti-dumping tax is the measure allowed by WTO to protect domestic industry impaired by anti-dumping. Anti-dumping tax gives protection role to domestic import competing industry by enhancing import price to restrict import. The result of trade transforming and direct investment reduces protection result to some degree. Anti-dumping tax usually ramifies the welfare of consumer, and also has beside influence on the integrative interest of importing country. Anti-dumping has evolved into instrument of exercising doctrine of trade protection and trade retribution. The measure of anti-dumping should be initiated carefully and multilateral anti-dumping rules should be improved.