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WTO Panel SummaryThe European Union (then called the European Communities), India, Indonesia, Thailand, and five other World Trade Organization (WTO) members challenged the legality of the United States’ Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA), also known as the Byrd Amendment, in December 2000. The group requested that the WTO rule that the U.S. law violated international trade agreements and, if necessary, allow them to impose retaliatory sanctions on U.S. exports. The following is excerpted from a summary of the position of the European Union, India, Indonesia, and Thailand in the September 16, 2002, report by the WTO…
