The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission has accepted a petition to exempt certain types of zinc-coated steel sheets from China, Korea and Taiwan from dumping duties. An exemption application for certain hollow sections was meanwhile abandoned, Kallanish notes.
The decision of the WTO Arbitration on the recognition of the fact of the violations by Ukraine in the antidumping investigation on ammonium nitrate from Russia may force the Ukrainian farmers to buy more expensive fertilizer abroad.
Vietnamese exporters have been warned that it will be more difficult to export products to the US as the US administration has increased local production protection and tightened control over imports.
The announcement following this week's truce in a broader trade dispute between Beijing and Washington reflects the wide array of strains in the world's biggest trading relationship.