In the first thirty
years of the WTO, members’ anti-dumping (AD) activity increased significantly,
both in terms of the number of members starting to use AD measures and the
number of measures imposed. Such increase, however, should be assessed in light
of the overall changes in the patterns of trade at the global level in the same
period. Seen from that perspective, the increase in AD activity does not seem
out of ordinary. In the same period, the WTO showed versatility in responding
to the evolving needs of its members in the field of AD, in terms of providing
technical assistance to investigating authorities and deploying additional
resources to the resolution of AD-related disputes.