WTO sides with Argentina in EU biodiesel anti-dumping tax row

摘要

According to a panel report published in April, the WTO upheld Argentina's claim that the reason stated by the EU authorities during their antidumping investigation for disregarding Argentine producers' costs of production of biodiesel does not constitute a "legally sufficient basis." The WTO found the EU had replaced the costs reported by the Argentinian producers for their soyabean feedstock, substituting them with reference prices published by the country's Ministry of Agriculture.