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Dumping and Anti-Dumping  The anti-dumping rules and provisions on subsidies have enabled contracting countries trade effectively especially with regards to exports and imports of sub-standard market products/goods while on the other hand ensuring that high utility goods are availed at a considerable price. This blog gives a basis for the rules in GATT and its effect on key areas of production among the contracting member states. Reasons for Dumping One of them is in a bid to find a market for the products; this especially happens when the monopolist industry is trying to establish itself in the foreign market. Due to competition, it opts to sell its products at a lower price, so that the demand of its products may increase. The second reason is the expansion of the industry. This is especially aimed at the sale of surplus products at the foreign market. By selling the products at a low price in the foreign market, the monopolist earns profits The third reason is to find new trade ...

Procedure of Invest i gation of an aircraft accident. A brief historical background as to the subject of investigation is that, the concept of accident investigation was at first recognized at the S tandards and Recommendation Practices for Aircraft Accident Inquiry which was  adopted by the Council on 11 th April 1951 pursuant to Article 37 of the Convention of the I nternational Civil Aviation (Chicago 1944) and was designed as Annex 13 to the Convention.   Following after, was the  Fourteen session which considered aircraft accident investigation and  further adopted a resolution to study whether it was possible  to establish procedures by which the State of Manufacture, the State that first certified the aircraft type would make available competence experts for advice and consultation in the investigation of accident. As time went by, new rules for accident investigation have enhanced and shaped what is called today Annex 13. Definition of terms Investigat...