ABSTRACT
When the Taiwanese semiconductor industry found itself a defendant in multiple antidumping actions that threatened to block its access to the US market, industry management faced the unenviable task of educating itself on the complex, and somewhat arcane, US antidumping law and devising an effective strategy for defending its interests. This article recounts the experience of the Taiwanese industry in this ordeal in the hope that it might benefit other exporters similarly targeted in the future. The lessons learned from the experience of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry apply to all sectors potentially subject to US antidumping litigation. This article first explores the history of antidumping proceedings in the semiconductor sector. It then provides a brief overview of the antidumping process, and finally discusses Taiwan’s efforts to mount a successful defense.
