Since the accession of China and Taiwan to the WTO in 2002, the Chinese authorities have passed several pieces of anti-dumping legislation aimed at Taiwanese products, and levied punitive tariffs on goods coming from Taiwan. The Yunlin towels case is Taiwan's first investigation and invocation of WTO regulations, and as such its importance cannot be overstated.
相對於兩岸自 2002 年初接踵加入世界貿易組織（WTO）後，中共已屢次向台灣廠商提出「反傾銷」控訴，雲林毛巾案則是我國第一次援引 WTO 相關規範來進行調查裁決，重要性不容忽視。