Chapter 19 on Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties
Chapter 19 offers exporters and domestic producers an effective and direct route to make their case and appeal the results of trade-remedy investigations before an independent and objective binational panel. This process is an alternative to judicial review of such decisions before domestic courts. This mechanism has been effective in providing for the efficient and impartial review of trade remedy determinations made by the investigating authorities of all three NAFTA partners. To date, panels have sustained some decisions made by domestic investigating authorities, but have also remanded others for reconsideration.
The NAFTA Secretariat is responsible for the administration of the Chapter 19 dispute settlement process.