I read the recent fiery opinion piece by Francois Baird of FairPlay and feel compelled to respond (EU must stop fowl play over dumping, August 10). To be clear, I am a director of a consultancy with a bird in this fight. Nevertheless, my comments have less to do with the facts of the chicken fight that has been going on for years, than it does about the worrying trend of avoiding a legitimate legal process (such as an anti-dumping action), and to instead fight this out in the media. So here are the facts. Dumping is an economic concept, not a criminal one and a legal remedy already exists to deal with this. When an anti-dumping application is brought, a very specific and clearly defined allegation is made. The companies in the countries accused of dumping then have an opportunity to prove they are not dumping. Their submissions are scrutinised by the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) through an audit process, before a decision is taken on whether the allegation is...
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