South Africa’s utilisation of the world trade organisations instruments in the protection of the textile and poultry industries

dc.contributor.advisorLenaghan, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorEastland, Charnall Lynn
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-02T13:10:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-05T07:51:20Z
dc.date.available2020-12-02T13:10:37Z
dc.date.available2024-06-05T07:51:20Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionMagister Legum - LLMen_US
dc.description.abstractThe World Trade Organisation (WTO) is the only global international organisation dealing with the rules of trade between nations.1 The WTO agreements uphold certain principles; one such principle is the rule of the most-favoured-nation (MFN) obligation. This obligation requires WTO members, who grant certain favourable treatment to any given country, to grant that same favourable treatment to all other WTO members.2 However, there are several exceptions, three of which include:  actions taken against dumping (selling at an unfairly low price);  subsidies and special ‘countervailing’ duties to offset the subsidies; and  emergency measures, to limit imports temporarily - thus designed to ‘safeguard’ domestic industries. These exceptions serve as remedies both against fair - and unfair trade practices. An example of remedies against fair trade practices are safeguards, and examples of remedies against unfair trade practices are dumping and countervailing duties. Anti-dumping actions are trade remedies/mechanisms available to members of the WTO in facilitating the protection of the industries under certain circumstances. The WTO agreement, which sets out the anti-dumping remedy, is the agreement on the implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994), also known as the ‘Anti-dumping Agreement’.4 Article VI permits countries to take action against dumping and the ‘Anti-dumping Agreement’ clarifies and expands on Article VI. The two operate together. Dumping is viewed as price discrimination between the domestic and export markets and take place where the export price of a product is lower than the normal value of such product. The normal value is usually determined with reference to the domestic selling price in the exporting country. Adjustments have to be made to the normal value and export price for differences that affect prices at the time that such prices are set, including differences in terms and conditions of sale, taxations, levels of trade and quantities.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/15930
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectPoultry Industryen_US
dc.subjectClothing Industryen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Growthen_US
dc.subjectOpportunity Acten_US
dc.subjectAnti-dumping actionsen_US
dc.subjectWorld Trade Organisationen_US
dc.titleSouth Africa’s utilisation of the world trade organisations instruments in the protection of the textile and poultry industriesen_US

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