In re China's Protocol of Accession and the Anti-Dumping Agreement: Temporary Derogation or Permanent Modification ?

摘要

As stated in the above introduction, the EU's Commissioner for Trade has already confirmed that the EU will stick to its word and not swindle China against what has been agreed. The EU will recognize China as a Market Economy from 12 December 2016. We have shown in section 2 above that certain other interpretations that have recently surfaced are not legally tenable. China's Protocol of Accession should, therefore, be read as a temporary derogation, and not as a permanent modification of the Anti-Dumping Agreement.