Poorer countries want greater access to rich-country textile markets, and assurances that anti-dumping rules will be wielded much less freely.

ECONOMIST: Trade

Mr Zoellick dominated Doha, winning the trust of poor countries with concessions on patents and anti-dumping rules while firming up a trade agenda that would serve America's interests.

ECONOMIST: Great stuff, but does it have the president's support?

Developing countries will also benefit from negotiations to clarify and improve the rules on anti-dumping.

ECONOMIST: The Doha round

Anti-dumping is popular mainly because world trade rules allow it.

ECONOMIST: Unfair protection | The

Under rules of the World Trade Organization, a country can apply anti-dumping import tariffs when it can prove that imported goods were sold at below-market prices and caused damage to domestic industry.

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