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Antidumping duties, prices, and China: Free trade to the rescue!

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  • Sandkamp
  • A.
  • Felbermayr
  • G.

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Antidumping

China

European Union

inflation dynamics

Protectionism

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International Trade

Globalization

European Union & Euro

USA

China

The recent combination of resurging demand and continuing disruptions in supply chains has led to a worrying return of inflation. In the EU, industry producer prices increased by 12.2% year-on-year in July 2021. This column argues that removing EU antidumping duties would at least partially ease the pressure on input and consumer prices. In contrast, the recent abandonment of China’s differential treatment in the EU’s antidumping legislation might even have contributed to increasing import prices.

Kiel Institute Experts

  • Prof. Dr. Gabriel Felbermayr
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Sandkamp
    Kiel Institute Researcher

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