The WTO ruled that the U.S. "dual-reverse" investigation measures against South Korea violated regulations

　　Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, January 21 (Reporter Ling Xin) The World Trade Organization issued an expert group report on the 21st, ruling that the US Department of Commerce had previously launched an anti-dumping and countervailing (“dual-anti-subsidy”) investigation on some South Korean exports. Violation of WTO rules.

　　The report shows that in the four anti-dumping investigations and two anti-subsidy investigations conducted by the US Department of Commerce against South Korea, the evidence submitted in time by South Korea was not taken into consideration, and only “available facts” were used as the basis for the investigation, which violated the WTO’s anti-dumping investigations. Agreement and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.

At the same time, the expert group rejected South Korea’s accusation that the US had adopted "unavailable facts" as evidence in the investigation.

　　The WTO’s Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures stipulates that if the party under investigation cannot provide evidence during a countervailing investigation, the investigation authority of the importing country can use the evidence it has obtained to make a ruling. Such evidence is called “available facts”. ".

The so-called "unfavorable facts" refer to the U.S. regulations that when investigating agencies decide to use "available facts", if they find that the party under investigation is not cooperating at the same time, they can determine that the missing information is not good for the party under investigation and make Related rulings.

　　In February 2018, South Korea filed a lawsuit in the WTO on some measures in a number of "dual and anti-dumping" investigations conducted by the United States on South Korean exports.

The "double reverse" investigation carried out by the United States involved some corrosion-resistant steel products, cold-rolled steel sheets, hot-rolled steel sheets, and large transformers exported from South Korea.

　　According to the WTO dispute settlement procedures, if a party disagrees with the ruling result of the expert panel report, it can apply to the Appellate Body for review of the ruling result within 60 days of the publication of the report.

But at present, the Appellate Body has been shut down due to unilateral obstruction by the United States.