Indian Antidumping Measures Against China: Evidence from Monthly Trade Data
Foreign Trade Review, 2013, Forthcoming
28 Pages Posted: 15 Jun 2013
Date Written: 2012
Abstract
China’s importance for India as a trading partner has increased tremendously over the recent years. At the same time, China has become the main target of Indian antidumping measures with a number of measures that is unprecedented worldwide. This paper provides a detailed analysis of trade flows between the two emerging economies and investigates on which type of products and in which sectors the Indian government applies antidumping measures against China. Then this paper estimates the trade impact of those measures that were imposed during the Great Recession, using monthly data on exports from China to India.
The use of monthly data is relatively new to the literature and allows a detailed examination of the trade impact of antidumping measures and its dynamics. This paper finds that antidumping measures decrease the Chinese export value and quantity to India immediately and to a significant extent. The impact is quite stable over time.
Keywords: Antidumping, China, Crisis, Import diversion, India, Great Recession, Monthly data, Product-level data, Temporary trade barriers, Trade, Trade impact, Trade policy, WTO
JEL Classification: F13, F14, F52, G01
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