Why a trade remedies agency could save Kenyan industries

Foreign Affairs and International Trade secretary Amina Mohamed (left) with WTO director-general Roberto Azevêdo during the global trade body’s 10th ministerial conference in Nairobi in 2015. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA

Trade remedies constitute most of the cases at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dispute Settlement body. These are defence instruments that allow governments to take remedial action against imports causing material injury to a domestic industry.

Such remedies are divided broadly into anti-dumping measures/actions; countervailing duty measures/actions; and safeguard measures/actions.

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