The article discusses the most recent developments in Australia’s anti-dumping practice on the determination of ‘material injury’ and ‘causation’. It argues that while Australia’s anti-dumping investigating authority has failed to conduct assessment of ‘injury-causation’ adequately and objectively in past investigations, in two recent investigations the authority seems to have become more objective and comprehensive in its ‘injurycausation’ determinations. The developments suggest that the Australian authority has started moving towards a thorough and unbiased analysis of ‘injury-causation’ in accordance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. They also suggest that active and full participation in ‘injurycausation’ defence in an investigation is crucial for exporters and other parties with shared interest to increase their odds of success.
Global Trade and Customs Journal