The so-called Byrd Amendment, under which funds collected from antidumping and countervailing duty cases (which compensate for alleged subsidies) are distributed to affected U.S. companies, has been the subject of great controversy since its passage by Congress in 2001. In January 2003, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization...

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Support for the so-called Byrd Amendment will place the United States in violation of World Trade Organization rules and lead to an increase in antidumping cases.

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