Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2005
On 16 January 2003, the WTO Appellate Body (AB) issues its report on the appeal of the Panel decision in United States-Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000). The report concerns the consistency of the US Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (the ‘CDSOA’, or the so-called Byrd Amendment) with several WTO provisions. A host of complainants (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the European Community, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Thailand) as well as four third parties evidence the interest in the dispute among WTO Members. The appeal was directed against the Panel's finding that the legislation was inconsistent with the US obligations under the WTO Agreements on Antidumping (AD) and Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM).