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U.S. steelmakers complain China skirting steel plate duties

01/05/2015

May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. steelmakers Nucor Corp and SSAB Enterprises said on Friday Chinese producers are circumventing import duties on steel plate and asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to intervene.

EU to impose anti-dumping duties on electrical steel imports

28/04/2015

(Reuters) - The European Union will impose anti-dumping duties next month on imports of a grade of electrical steel from five countries, according to sources familiar with a European Commission proposal.

U.S. resumes probe on sugar imports from Mexico

27/04/2015

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce is resuming anti-dumping, countervailing investigations on sugar imports from Mexico in response to requests to continue the probe, according to a notice published on its website on Monday.

Egypt to impose 8 pct import tariff on steel rebar

19/04/2015

(Reuters) - Egypt will impose an 8 percent import tariff on rebar - reinforced steel bars - for three years, the industry and trade ministry said on Sunday, extending temporary tariffs introduced last year to protect the domestic industry.

India may take WTO action against EU over drug clinical trials

16/04/2015

(Reuters) - India may go to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if the European Union does not reconsider a decision to suspend the sale of about 700 generic drugs that were approved based on clinical trials by GVK Biosciences Pvt Ltd, the firm's CEO said.

Brazil slaps anti-dumping tariffs on chemical imports from Taiwan

12/04/2015

TAIPEI--The Brazil government has imposed tentative anti-dumping tariffs on butyl methacrylate imports from Taiwan for six months as it was found that the chemicals were being sold at unfairly low prices, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

United States pays high price for free trade treaties with nations

11/04/2015

New York: Free trade is an American mantra. The Obama administration's commitment to winning "fast-track" status for its cherished Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is part of that tradition. But growing evidence shows that granting full trading privileges to low-income countries on the make is usually costly to the United States.

India: Need tariff, non-tariff barriers to protect domestic steel industry

11/04/2015

Managing director for India and South East Asia at Tata Steel, TV Narendran, says the government should take a cue from other nations in creating tariff and non-tariff barriers to block the huge influx of steel imports, which can undermine domestic units. The soft-spoken IIM-C grad, at the helm of the country’s third-largest steel producer since November 2013, told Surya Sarathi Ray in an interview that the government would do well to hike the customs duty on steel.