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  Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill - Clause 13 - Dumped Goods - Presumption of Remedial Action
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of a presumption that if goods are being dumped in the United Kingdom (exported to the United Kingdom for less than their normal value) a remedial action will be taken. 
  @ MP voted no against a presumption that if goods are being dumped in the United Kingdom (exported to the United Kingdom for less than their normal value) a remedial action will be taken.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against a presumption that if goods are being dumped in the United Kingdom (exported to the United Kingdom for less than their normal value) a remedial action will be taken.
  
  
  MPs were considering the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was: 
  
  :Amendment 21, page 9, line 18, at end insertâ
  
  :â(4A) Subsection (4B) applies where the TRA or the Secretary of State is considering whether the application of a remedy, or the acceptance of a recommendation to do soâ
  
  :(a) is in the public interest, or
  
  :(b) meets either of the economic interest tests described in paragraph 25 of [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0128/cbill_2017-20190128_en_7.htm#sch4 Schedule 4] or paragraph 21 of [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0128/cbill_2017-20190128_en_9.htm#sch5 Schedule 5].
  
  :(4B) In making a consideration to which this subsection applies, notwithstanding the provisions of Schedules 4 and 5, the TRA or the Secretary of State must give special consideration to the need to eliminate the trade distorting effect of injurious dumping and to restore effective competition, and must presume the application of a remedy or the acceptance of a recommendation to do so to be in the public interest and to have met the economic interest test unless this special consideration is significantly outweighed.â
  
  Had it not been rejected the amendment would have impacted clause 13 of the Bill[2] titled ''Dumping of goods, foreign subsidies and increases in imports'' which began:
  
  :(1) Functions relating to import duty are conferred on the Trade Remedies
  Authority (âthe TRAâ) byâ
  :(a) Schedule 4 (dumping and foreign subsidies causing injury to UK industry), and
  :(b) Schedule 5 (increased imports causing serious injury to UK producers). 
  
  Paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 defined dumped goods:
  
  :(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, goods are âdumpedâ in the United
  Kingdom ifâ
  :(a) they are imported into the United Kingdom, and
  :(b) their export price is less than their normal value; 
  :and references to the âdumpingâ of goods are to be read accordingly.
  
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
  
  :This amendment ensures that there is a presumption that if dumping is found, a remedial action will be taken.
  
  
  
  
   * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/taxationcrossbordertrade.html Parliament's webpage on the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0128/cbill_2017-20190128_en_2.htm#pt1-pb4-l1g13 Clause 13 of the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill to which the amendment refers]
  
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