The reaction was then to float a retrospective law to change the Supreme Court decision.

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Defence barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC said a retrospective change in the law could be a breach of human rights.

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When the European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into British law later this year, such retrospective sentencing is bound to be challenged.

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In other words, because of the unique retrospective nature of the U.S. antidumping law, importers DO NOT KNOW the amount of antidumping duties they will ultimately have to pay until well after the subject products have been imported and sold in the United States.

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