The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Friday it had launched trade investigations into imports of certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from a number of countries, including Brazil, China and Korea.
French wheat exports to Indonesia are on hold as traders await the approval of a food safety agreement between the two countries, something exporters say is being delayed by Indonesia in retaliation against a French palm oil tax plan.
China's commerce ministry said on Friday it would extend anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duty measures to solar-grade polysilicon imported from the European Union as the government reviews the situation at the request from several Chinese solar companies.
Taiwan-based solar cell makers who have considered withdrawing their applications for the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to review the anti-dumping tariffs imposed on them since December 2014 will change their minds after seeing a major concern removed, according to industry sources.
Thailand has become Việt Nam’s leading automobile exporter in the first quarter of this year, with a volume of more than 7,800 units, a 64.5 per cent increase compared with the same period last year.
In an attempt to widen the scope of protections provided to domestic steel manufacturers, India has initiated an anti-dumping investigation on cold-rolled steel product imports from China, Japan, South Korea and Ukraine.
Australia will impose import duties on certain types of Chinese steel to protect domestic steelmakers from a flood of surplus product being exported by the world's top producer of the metal, the government announced on Saturday.