ABSTRACT
This chapter examines documented the protectionist hypothesis with regard to the 1987 US antidumping action against Canadian potash. It deals with a very short historical sketch of previous US antidumping actions in support of the potash industry. The chapter considers in some detail the US laws and regulations and their application to the potash investigation, as well as the Saskatchewan response, and concludes that once again the United States has gone much beyond the provision of a level playing field. The changing attitudes of the Saskatchewan government and the potash industry were noted in the offshore markets. Saskatchewan's position with regard to potash was thus akin to that of Saudi Arabia with respect to oil, only more favorable. Casual empiricism suggests that the only other sector that might be in the position of the potash industry would be the uranium industry, which has abundant, very high-quality reserves in Saskatchewan.
