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2月28日,世贸组织仲裁员作出决定,决定指出美国必须于今年7月26日之前废除其1916年反倾销法。这是继去年世贸组织专家组认定美国1916年反倾销法违反了其贸易义务之后世贸组织争端解决机构作出的决定。美国1916年反倾销法违反其贸易义务的理由在于,该法规定,如果美国企业发现进口商或者生产商在美国市场上以不公平的低价格销售其产品,则可以向美国法院提起诉讼。这是世贸组织争端解决机构于1998年受理了欧盟和日本就美国这一反倾销法提出指控后作出的决定。根据世贸组织规则,对倾销行为允许采取的唯一做法是征收进口关税。尽管该决定要求美国必须废除其1916年反倾销法,但该决定并不影响美国1930年关税法的继续适用。
On February 28, the WTO arbitrator decided to point out that the United States must repeal its 1916 anti-dumping law by July 26 this year. This is the decision taken by the WTO dispute settlement body after WTO expert group found the United States anti-dumping law of 1916 violated its trade obligations last year. The reason the United States anti-dumping law was violated in 1916 by the United States is that the law states that U.S. companies may file a lawsuit in U.S. courts if they find that the importer or manufacturer sells their products on the U.S. market at unfairly low prices. This is the decision made by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body in 1998 after accepting allegations made by the EU and Japan over the U.S. anti-dumping law. According to the WTO rules, the only way to allow for dumping is to impose import tariffs. Although the decision required the United States to repeal its 1916 anti-dumping law, the decision does not affect the continued application of the U.S. tariff act of 1930.