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VN steelmakers ask for dumping measures
26/02/2017
United States Challenges China’s Aluminum Subsidies at the WTO
26/02/2017
On January 12, the United States filed a request for consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding the substantial subsidies that the Chinese government has been pouring into its primary aluminum industry from 2007 to the present. The United States mainly complains about China’s provision of loans and other financing to primary aluminum producers at low interest rates through banks and the provision of coal, alumina, and electricity to one large producer for less than adequate remuneration. The United States alleges that the Chinese subsidies appear to be causing adverse effects to the interests of the United States. According to the request, primary aluminum refers to “aluminum produced through the electrolytic reduction of alumina” and is “also known as electrolytic aluminum.”
EU member states vote for 18-month extension to anti-dumping measures
26/02/2017
The European Commission’s proposal to extend the anti-dumping measures for Chinese PV manufacturers by a year and a half has been put to the mediation committee. The final decision will be published on 4th March. A proposal to extend the measures by only 12 months also failed in the Appeals Committee.
Chinese solar exports fall in 2016 with global anti-dumping measures
26/02/2017
Chinese financial and business news site Caixin Media wrote that Chinese solar equipment exports fell 10 percent between 2015 and 2016. The statistics came from Zhang Sen, the secretary general of the solar division within China’s Chamber of Commerce for Imports and Exports of Machinery and Electronic Products, who spoke at a seminar late last week.
