Is “Lesser Duty Rule” A Tightrope Walker’s Pole in International Trade Remedies Law of Turkey?

1. Introduction The recent developments in the case law have led the trade remedy law practitioners to bring the Turkish Ministry of Economy’s (“Ministry”) approach towards the implementation of the “lesser duty rule” to their agenda. There are deep concerns and raising voices of the interested stakeholders from both sides (domestic industry and foreign traders)…

EC vs Turkey in Compliance With WTO Rules: Dumping Exports To The EU and Restricting Imports from The EU?

1. Introduction The European Commission (“Commission”), being quiet active between the last week of June and first week of July 2017, initiated trade remedy investigations (i.e. anti-dumping and expiry review) against various countries, including Turkey. In particular, the Commission launched an anti-dumping investigation concerning Turkey’s exports to the EU and a trade barrier examination concerning…