DUBLIN, May 28 (Reuters) - Ireland is to become the first country in the European Union to ban branding on cigarette packages by using plain packaging and uniform labelling, the government said on Tuesday.
The European Union’s trade chief vowed to tax Chinese solar panels next month in the largest EU commercial dispute of its kind, while urging China’s exporters to boost prices in return for an eventual end to the tariffs.
The European Union imposed tariffs on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, expanding renewable-energy trade barriers after EU import levies against the U.S.
Argentina called the European Union’s decision to impose tariffs on its biodiesel an act of protectionism meant to close the market off to “more efficient producers.”
BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Monday that it will levy provisional anti-dumping duties on pyridine imported from India and Japan.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced on May 29 that it will impose anti-subsidy tariffs of nearly 63% on frozen shrimp imported from China, India, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
BERLIN--German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday vowed to mediate in a trade conflict between the European Union and China over allegations that China is illegally subsidizing its solar industry.
Canada vowed to escalate a dispute with the U.S. over plans to impose stricter country-of-origin labeling rules for meat that are opposed by industry groups on both sides of the border.