1. TRADE POLICY MAKING PROCESS IN MALAWI Presentation by Mr. H.J.K. Mandindi Director of Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade
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So we will look at the purpose of trade remedy legislation and at the international rules that govern the operation of trade remedies. I will then talk about the key concepts involved in trade remedies and identify the processes that need to be covered in the administration of trade remedies. After this initial run through, we thought that it would be useful to have a discussion on the outline and on the issues that Kathy has identified, by thinking about the Malawi context for trade remedies in relation to policy, institutions, information and resources. At a later session I will talk in more detail about the administration of trade remedies and what is involved in carrying out investigations and imposing remedies.
To make it clear we mean anti-dumping duties, which address the dumping of goods; countervailing duties, which address the subsidisation of goods; and safeguard action, which allows a protective response through duties or quotas to unexpected increases in imports.