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w trade protectionism is derived from the traditional trade protectionism( tariff quota and licensing etc.) As the world prefer a free trade environment ,the traditional protectionism are not as powerful as they used to be. ? Since 1970s, western countries have e up with various trade protection theories and corresponding policies which are regarded as New trade protectionism .It takes nontariff barriers such as antidumping ,antisubsidies safe guard , green barriers and IPR( intellectual property protection) ,protecting domestic trade and employment ) Forms of new trade protectionism ? Antidumping ? Antisubsidy ? Green trade barriers ? Technical trade barriers ? intellectual property barriers. Antidumping ? Antidumping is a tool for protecting domestic industries from surges of cheap foreign imports. Although the WTO strives to eliminate all trade barriers, it recognizes that nations require flexibility to adjust to economic shocks as multilateral agreements increasingly liberalize trade. Thus, these measures allow nations to temporarily protect their economies against fluctuations in trading patterns ? Antidumping duties have bee the most frequently used instrument of trade protection. Antidumping protection can be “ abused” to shelter unpetitive domestic industries from more efficient rather than “ unfair” foreign importers. This column shows that antidumping duties protect inefficient domestic firms and impede efficiency gains ?Source: Global Antidumping Database. ? Figure 1. NewlyInitiated Trade Remedy Investigations, 1Q 2023 4Q 2023 ? As Figure 1 illustrates, developing countries initiated % of these new investigations pared to % initiated by developed economies. China continued to be the exporting country most frequently targeted by new investigations, as it was named in % (15 of the 21) of the investigations under laws that require the investigating country to identify at least one exporting country inin 4Q 2023