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Alan Mitchell

Anti-dumping action rips off consumers for political advantage

When Australian companies cut prices to consumers' benefit, it's called competition. When China does the same thing, it's called dumping.

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It is not just the Chinese who should be furious about the anti-dumping duties slapped on its steel to protect Australia’s high-cost steel producers.

The Australian public should be angry too. It’s a giant rip-off.

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Alan Mitchell writes on economics, policy, and infrastructure. Alan was formerly economics editor of the Financial Review and has also worked for the ABC and The Sydney Morning Herald.

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