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Canada Responds To 'Unfair' US Lumber Tariff

25/04/2017

The Canadian Government has said it "disagrees strongly" with the US Department of Commerce's decision to impose "unfair and punitive" duties on imports of Canadian softwood lumber.

EU steel demand to grow more than 1 pct this year and next, after strong 2016

25/04/2017

Mexico plans immediate action on US imports after WTO tuna ruling

25/04/2017

The Mexican economy ministry said on Tuesday it would immediately initiate the process of taking retaliatory steps against U.S. imports following a ruling by the World Trade Organization in Mexico's favor in a dispute over tuna.

Trump’s threat of steel tariffs heralds big changes in trade policy

25/04/2017

President Trump announced Thursday that he was directing the commerce secretary to investigate whether imports of steel were a threat to U.S. national security. This follows earlier administration plans to “self-initiate” – or start on its own – trade enforcement cases involving countries such as China, Mexico, Germany, Japan or South Korea.

Japan's Aso: Do not expect G20 to lean toward protectionism

25/04/2017

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday he does not think the Group of 20 debate will lean toward favoring protectionism over free trade ahead of the group's summit in July, even as the new U.S. administration threatened to impose measures to restrict imports.

U.S. to continue probe into whether China dumping aluminum foil

25/04/2017

The U.S. International Trade Commission has made affirmative determinations in its preliminary phase anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations of aluminum foil from China, the agency said on Friday.

India imposes anti-dumping duty on a chemical import from Thai

25/04/2017

India has imposed an anti-dumping duty of up to USD 135.40 per tonne for a period of five years on imports of a chemical used in foam making from Thailand.

Ahead of NAFTA talks, U.S. sets 20 percent duties on Canadian softwood lumber

24/04/2017

The United States will impose preliminary anti-subsidy duties averaging 20 percent on imports of Canadian softwood lumber, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday, escalating a long-running trade dispute between the two neighbors.