Vietnam, US agree to end dispute on fish fillet anti-dumping duties
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and the US have reached an agreement in the settlement of their dispute over an anti-dumping duties on tra and basa fish at the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Monday.
 Representatives of the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Office of the US Trade Representative exchange the bilateral agreement between the two governments on the imposition of anti-dumping duties on fish fillets from Vietnam. |
On January 8, 2018, Vietnam filed a lawsuit against the US for violating the WTO’s rules by imposing anti-dumping measures on Vietnamese tra and basa fish exported to the US market (Case DS536).
Two years later, after the WTO panel issued a draft ruling for the involved parties to review before its official release, the US side suggested the Vietnamese Government postpone the issuance of the panel's report to negotiate a bilateral solution to resolve the case.
On January 17, 2025, in Washington, Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) signed a bilateral agreement between the Vietnamese and US Governments regarding anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese fish fillets
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the bilateral solution is the result of goodwill and negotiation efforts from both sides.
Vietnam welcomes the constructive spirit, goodwill, and efforts to seek a bilateral solution from the US, especially the USTR and the US Department of Commerce, it said.