On dumping, the GATT represents a "step forward" in improving "transparency" in international rules for handling dumping cases, Bates said, adding that the current agreement should provide U.S. parts manufacturers with "better legal protection" in foreign antidumping proceedings.
"In other respects the Uruguay Round text on dumping appears to have made progress mostly in a defensive sense," Bates noted. The U.S. negotiators were able to preserve some "key concepts and elements of ...