| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 經濟學系碩博士班 === 100 === Anti-dumping duty has become one of the most commonly used trade barriers in international trade. Since the World Trade Organization remains stuck in the deadlock of the Doha Round Negotiation, the members turned to negotiations between/among countries and signed bilateral free trade agreements (FTA) for expanding markets and mitigating trade barriers. This thesis studies the effect of FTA on the antidumping filings of the U.S. to its 27 major importing countries from 1990 to 2009. The collected set of panel data is analyzed by means of negative binomial regression. The regression results suggest that if there are special provisions of antidumping in FTA, then the antidumping filings from the U.S. manufacturers can be reduced. For example, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which includes a special dispute settlement mechanism for antidumping, significantly reduces filings by 58.98%~60.06%. By contrast, other FTAs with no special provisions of antidumping cannot significantly reduce filings from the U.S. Therefore, to smooth international trade, we recommend that when an export-oriented economy starts a new FTA negotiation with other countries, a special consideration on antidumping similar to the mechanism designed in NAFTA could be included to provide a well-balanced and more expeditious dispute settlement.
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