LETTER: Check the facts (and figures) over poultry dumping
Francois Baird, not chicken importers, need better arguments, and to do more thorough research
I found Francois Baird’s latest letter quite an eye-opener (“Chicken importers require better arguments (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2021-04-25-letter-chicken-importers-require-better-arguments/),” April 25). Better arguments are not the problem — I would suggest Baird requires better knowledge. From all his letters it is blatantly apparent that he is like a dog with a bone — only this bone has no meat.
He clearly does not understand anti-dumping law or practice and is totally oblivious to his own clients’ trading reports. He screams incessantly that dumping is illegal but is completely unaware that it is not actionable unless there is clear and unambiguous evidence of material injury, with dumping being the cause...
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