a method of trade protection intended to stop other countries dumping goods cheaply on a domestic market
the effects of antidumping, a trade policy that has emerged as the most serious impedimentto international trade
b.
(as modifier)
an antidumping agreement
antidumping duties imposed on US beef and rice
antidumping in American English
(ˌæntiˈdʌmpɪŋ, ˌæntai-)
adjective
intended to discourage the dumping of imported commodities, esp. by imposing extra customs duties
antidumping measures against foreign steel
Word origin
[1910–15; anti- + dumping]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: coverage, functionalism, grass roots, radio, zinganti- is a prefix meaning “against,” “opposite of,” “antiparticle of,” used in the formationof compound words (anticline); used freely in combination with elements of any origin (antibody; antifreeze; antiknock; antilepton)
Examples of 'antidumping' in a sentence
antidumping
Will they discuss agriculture or antidumping rules in bilateral deals?