In recent years antidumping has been catapulted to the forefront of the most controversial practices in international trade. In view of the importance of antidumping to international trade and the fact that States do not appear to be too eager to renounce it in the near future, this paper discusses some significant issues involved and the changes introduced by the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, with the hope that such discussion will be useful to policy and decision-makers in the international trade arena.