METI-RIETI International Seminar

Recent State of Play on Anti-dumping and Other Trade Remedy Measures: With overviews of Brazil and Japan

Announcement

The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement allows governments to take action against dumping. More than 200 anti-dumping investigations are initiated every year around the world—in the past five years, the top five users of this measure have been India, Brazil, United States, Argentina, and China. It is said that excess capacity in one region can displace production in other regions, thus harming producers in those markets and creating risks for trade actions, such as anti-dumping measures.

The seminar will provide an opportunity to obtain the latest state of play on anti-dumping and other trade remedies from around the world together with RIETI's latest studies on international trade rules (i.e., WTO) from legal and institutional perspectives. The seminar is also aimed at providing an opportunity to explore this topic with experts from Brazil, the WTO, and Japan, as well as other academics and practitioners from Japan.

Information

  • Time and Date: 14:00-17:00, Wednesday, November 4, 2015
  • Venue: RIETI's seminar room (METI Annex 11th floor, 1121), 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • Language(s): English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
  • Admission: Free
  • Host(s): Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) / Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
  • Seating Capacity: 100 (Pre-registration required. Please be aware that registration may close early if it reaches capacity.)

Program

14:00 - 14:05 Opening Remarks

TAKADA Shuzo (Director-General, Trade Control Department, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)

14:05 - 15:05 Presentation

14:05 - 14:25 "Anti-dumping: What is it, who does it?"

Jesse G. KREIER (Counsellor, World Trade Organization)

14:25 - 14:45 "Recent Developments on the Brazilian Trade Remedies System"

Marco Cesar Saraiva DA FONSECA (Director, Department of Trade Remedies, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil)

14:45 - 15:05 "Trade Remedies in Japan: With focus on anti-dumping measures"

OTA Tomoko (Director, Office for Trade Remedy Investigations, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)

15:05 - 15:25 Break

15:25 - 17:00 Panel Discussion

Moderator and Panelist:

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Law, Sophia University)

Panelists (in order of appearance):

FUJII Kojiro (Attorney-at-Law (admitted in Japan/New York), Nishimura & Asahi)

MIYAZAKI Hiroshi (General Manager, Head of Div., Trade Administration Div., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation)

Jesse G. KREIER (Counsellor, World Trade Organization)

Marco Cesar Saraiva DA FONSECA (Director, Department of Trade Remedies, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil)

OTA Tomoko (Director, Office for Trade Remedy Investigations, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI)