e WTO meeting in Seattle. The legislation has enough support to pass in the U.S. House of Representatives. Thus, US negotiators flat out refused to discuss any changes to the WTO current laws on antidumping. However, many countries such as Japan and some developing nations tried to tie any discussions of trade involving the Internet, a very important topic for the US, to discussions involving the antidumping laws. The US still refused. The language from some in the Us government was very strong regarding the demands for talks about the antidumping laws, especially with regards to Japan . U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade David Aaron told the WTO " If [Japanese and others] don't back down, then they'll sabotage the Seattle round We're just not going to do [negotiate on antidumping]. We can't do it. We won't do it"(Reuters). Chile, representing a small developing country, issued their statement about the problem with antidumping laws, a view similar to that of Japan's: "The aim is to remedy a situation in which anti-dumping measures have in most cases become a projectionist instrument that has nothing to do with anti-competitive behavior"( Schwartz). Among other issues the antidumping controversy may have helped in the futility of the conference and Seattle. Although it was reported that some nations had put antidumping on the preliminary agenda for the next round of trade talks, of course, no finalized agenda was ever approved. So, to date nothing has been done to change or clarify the WTO's antidumping laws. Moreover there have been few cases on antidumping that the WTO has ruled upon. Japan has filed complaints about antidumping measures placed on its cameras and supercomputers, but the WTO has yet to settle the disputes. Also, South Korea recently filed a complaint with the WTO about Us antidumping tariffs against its flat computer screens, invoking the sunset rule that more than five years had elapsed since the...
