United States: Sunset Review of Anti-Dumping Duties on Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Japan

The final Appellate Body Report of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for 2003, United States- CRS Sunset Review, is remarkable for two very disparate reasons. On one hand, this Report sees the likely expansion of the scope of the WTO 's review of internal administrative procedures of member states through a broad interpretation of the kinds of "measures" that can be challenged under WTO covered agreements. On the other hand, the complainant in this case, Japan, failed to obtain a satisfactory outcome because of restrictions on the role of the Appellate Body preventing the original Panel's flawed analysis from being mended. 1 Overall, the Report is an example of the haltering yet persistent development of the WTO 's dispute settlement system as an effective international tribunal.