United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-01-10 monographic deposited born digital 62 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-231 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-231 P0b002ee18039bc2a f:d06231 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-231 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-231 GAO-06-231 Economic analysis Evaluation methods Foreign governments Foreign trade policies Import regulation Import restriction International economic relations International trade International trade regulation International trade restriction National policies Policy evaluation Prices and pricing Restrictive trade practices Trade policies China Other Written Product A44517 U.S. companies adversely affected by unfair imports may seek a number of relief measures, including antidumping (AD) duties. The Department of Commerce (Commerce) classifies China as a nonmarket economy (NME) and uses a special methodology that is commonly believed to produce AD duty rates that are higher than those applied to market economies. Commerce may stop applying its NME methodology if it finds that China warrants designation as a market economy. In light of increased concern about China's trade practices, the conference report on fiscal year 2004 appropriations requested that GAO review efforts by U.S. government agencies responsible for ensuring free and fair trade with that country. In this report, the last in a series, GAO (1) explains the NME methodology, (2) analyzes AD duties applied to China and compares them with duties applied to market economies, and (3) explains circumstances in which the United States would stop applying its NME methodology to China and evaluates the potential impact of such a step. Commerce agreed with our findings, commenting that our report provides timely and helpful information on the NME methodology and its application to China. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-231/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-231.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-231/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-231.pdf GAO-06-231 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-231 Other Written Product GAO-06-231; U.S.-China Trade: Eliminating Nonmarket Economy Methodology Would Lower Antidumping Duties for Some Chinese Companies; Economic analysis Evaluation methods Foreign governments Foreign trade policies Import regulation Import restriction International economic relations International trade International trade regulation International trade restriction National policies Policy evaluation Prices and pricing Restrictive trade practices Trade policies China