Anti-dumping - or slapping tariffs on imports because their prices are too low - is thought to be one of the last bastions of unfree markets in the developed world.  Since the 90s, the US and the EU have grown their anti-dumping cases, but according to the WTO, there's some new anti-dumping sheriffs in town - and it's  possible that the old ones are thinking about retiring. 

• First, 57 new final anti-dumping measures were applied by countries during the first semester of 2007, compared with 71 new measures for the corresponding period of 2006.  That's a decline, of course.
• Second, the leading initiator of anti-dumping investigations was India (with 27), following by the EU (18), Argentina (13), Brazil (13), China (11).  The US had 8. 
• Third, developing countries accounted for two-thirds of the new investigations.  That's growth, and it is growth led by India, which has been a leading anti-dumping investigator for some time now.
• Finally, though it doesn't have much to do with anti-dumping, it's worth noting that the WTO continues to be criticized by developing countries for its lack of transparency - particularly the lack of transparency by private standard setters, on which it sometimes relies.

The stories are here and here (hat tip, BNA).

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