THE IMPACT OF THE UNITED-STATES UNFAIR TRADE LAWS - A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT

This paper examines how the U.S. unfair trade laws affect imports and import-competing industries. It does so by analyzing data from the U.S. antidumping and antisubsidy cases completed between 1980 and 1992. The results of the paper suggest that the U. S, unfair trade laws significantly reduced ''unfair'' imports during this period. The paper also finds evidence that U. S. producers were the primary beneficiaries of this import reduction.