The Commerce Department on Wednesday initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations to determine if uncoated groundwood paper from Canada is being dumped on the U.S. market and if these producers are receiving unfair subsidies.
India is expected to impose anti- dumping duty on imports of certain colour coated steel products from China and European Union to protect the interest of domestic players from below-cost in-bound shipments.
India and China have called for eliminating trade-distorting agricultural subsidies given by developed countries, in a joint proposal to the WTO, the Indian Commerce Ministry said on Thursday.
The World Trade Organization on Wednesday gave Brazil 90 days to withdraw several industrial stimulus programs, supporting complaints of unfair competition by Japan and the European Union, a decision the government will appeal.
If proven that dumping has caused material injury to the domestic players, the product would attract dumping duty to a degree that would compensate for the loss incurred by domestic industry in the last many years.
The Commerce Department has postponed its final determinations for the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into softwood lumber imports from Canada until Nov. 14.