antidumping

adjective

an·​ti·​dump·​ing
ˌan-tē-ˈdəm-piŋ,
ˌan-ˌtī- How to pronounce antidumping (audio)
: designed to discourage the importation and sale of foreign goods at prices well below domestic prices
antidumping tariffs

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From 1999 to 2019, the United States took more antidumping actions than any other country. Gordon H. Hanson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023 The Chinese manufacturers are being unfairly treated, said Eric Emerson, an attorney at Steptoe who represented many of the Chinese mattress companies in the antidumping case brought before the USITC. Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2019 The Commerce Department’s decision to resurrect antidumping tariffs on Mexican imports could disrupt the flow of some $2 billion worth of tomatoes to the U.S., the WSJ’s Anthony Harrup writes. Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2019 But Canada needs Chapter 19 as a recourse so the U.S. can’t use antidumping laws and national-security excuses to carve out big Nafta exceptions. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018 There were uncertainties, too, about how the proposal would be enforced and whether Britain would continue to abide during the period by EU antifraud or antidumping rulings. Jason Douglas, WSJ, 7 June 2018 When cheap solar panels started becoming available, the ITC writes, the US exercised antidumping laws on Chinese manufacturers. Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2018 But those antidumping measures didn't do much, the ITC says, because the six largest firms that were making cells and modules in China increased their manufacturing capacity in additional countries, especially Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2018 China could also consider initiating antidumping investigations of American imports of other products, contending that they are sold below their fair value and subsidized by the United States, Mr. Ross said. Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of antidumping was in 1894

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“Antidumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antidumping. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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