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VN: Sugar imports to pressure prices

04/01/2016

HA NOI (VNS) — An import quota of 86,000 tonnes of sugar during 2016 in line with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, coupled with possible imports from Laos, will continue to burden local producers.

U.S. Levies Antidumping Duties on Corrosion-Resistant Steel

04/01/2016

The U.S. Department of Commerce ("DOC") made a preliminary decision in its anti-dumping investigations on imports of corrosion-resistant steel last week and concluded that China, India, Italy and South Korea have been illegally dumping corrosion-resistant steel into the U.S. market and therefore, are subject to anti-dumping duties.

Taiwan Launches WTO Dispute Over Indonesian Steel Duties

31/12/2015

Geneva.Taiwan has complained at the World Trade Organization about Indonesia's plan to impose "safeguard" duties on flat-rolled products of iron and non-alloy steel, the WTO said on Friday.

Export subsidies to be banned

31/12/2015

Export subsidies will no longer be used to support agricultural exports thanks to a new World Trade Organisation (WTO) deal.

2015: Vietnam’s catfish faces US trade barriers

31/12/2015

The US has issued new rules for catfish suppliers, under which both US and foreign catfish suppliers will have to meet the same US production standards in farming and processing, to be eligible to sell their products in the US market.

Favorable US tariffs to boost solar industry

31/12/2015

Taiwan’s solar industry this year might see production value continue to grow from last year, with a ruling by the US following an anti-dumping probe favoring the nation’s solar makers, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.

Emerging economies and WTO tariff liberalisation after Doha

30/12/2015

Given the end of the Doha Round as we have known it, a major rethink of the WTO’s tariff-cutting approach is in order. What might tariff liberalisation negotiations for emerging economies look like if economists, instead of actual trade policy negotiators, established the agenda and negotiating priorities?