China has proposed tightening the rules on when countries can impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs, saying their use was rising and that such charges were often misused and distorted international trade.
The federal government will impose dumping duties on paper exported from four countries including China and Indonesia in a crackdown on a practice that was causing "material injury" to Australia's sole copy paper manufacturer.
Australia and New Zealand dairy industry leaders said on Wednesday they would support moves by the United States to draw the World Trade Organization into a trade dispute with Canada, after President Donald Trump said existing rules were unfair.
South Korea plans to raise the issue of U.S. restrictions on steel imports at World Trade Organization committee meetings next week, its trade ministry said on Friday.
China has decided to renew anti-dumping duties on imports of optical fiber from the United States and the European Union for another five years as old taxes expired a year ago.
Whether it is targeting the Indian IT industry by overhauling the H-1B visa program, or warning Japan and South Korea on trade deals, the US-led by President Donald Trump is moving against free trade. In such a scenario, Russia, India and China offer hope for saving free trade, experts said.
The steel industry is expected to maintain its recent double-digit growth this year, helped by the recovery of the property market, but it will also face the pressure of trade defense instruments in import markets and competition from cheap steel.