Saudi Arabia became a member of the WTO in 2005. In its effort to adapt its laws to be compatible with the WTO Agreements, the Common Law on Anti-Dumping, Countervailing and Safeguard Measures (“Common Law”) was enacted. However, the same was not done at individual country level, but for GCC as a whole. This law, […]

In an anti-dumping investigation, the dumping margin for an exporter is normally determined as the difference between the selling price of the goods in the home market of such exporter, referred to as normal value, and the export price of the exporter to the investigating country. However, the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement lays down three situations […]

Authors – Ojasvi Nautiyal, Associate and Tushar Sehgal, Business Analyst As per the legal provisions notified pursuant to WTO Agreements, a trade remedial investigation may be initiated pursuant to an application by or on behalf of the domestic industry, or suo motu. An investigation pursuant to an application may be initiated by the investigating authority […]

Authors: Aastha Gupta, Joint Partner and Salil Arora, Associate Introduction In India, midterm reviews are governed by the provisions of Rule 23 of the Anti-Dumping Rules. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) usually conducts midterm reviews if: there is a change in circumstances due to which continuation of duties is no longer warranted; there […]

Authors: Nihit Gupta, Joint Partner ,Tushar Sehgal, Business Analyst Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was signed between India and South Korea in August 2009, which marked a new era of greater economic exchanges, cooperation and beneficiation between the two countries. After over 12 rounds of negotiations that spanned over 3 years, it came into effect […]

Author: Ojasvi Nautiyal, Legal Associate The principles of natural justice are a vital element of all justice delivery systems across the globe. The phrase natural justice literally translates to law of nature and implies that justice must be fair, reasonable, equal and must protect rights of individual against any arbitrary exercise of power by the […]