The Amended EU Anti-Dumping Rules on Injury and Remedies: Has the Function of Anti-Dumping Changed?

The European Union (EU) overhauled its basic Anti-Dumping Regulation (BADR) in 2017 and 2018. Numerous academic discussions focus on the revised ‘dumping calculation methodology’. In contrast, the revised ‘injury and remedy’ rules, which have a global impact, have received less attention. This is the focus of this article. By examining the changes in the injury and remedy rules and EU anti-dumping practices after the revision, this article argues that the revisions in the injury and remedy rules, which affect all anti-dumping investigations and measures, widely improve the level of trade protection for EU industries, and its legitimacy, as well as WTO legality, are also problematic, although more hidden. The main function of antidumping has shifted from enforcing international fair trade law to being an interface mechanism between various economies, far beyond its original scope, especially when it targets to even the disparity in environmental and labour standards, wipe out the difference in obtaining raw materials, or remedy a glut on the world market.