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WTO postpones talks on IT tariffs

13/12/2014

Trade officials from countries belonging to the World Trade Organization have postponed a deal to eliminate tariffs on high-technology products.

W.T.O. Fails on High-Tech Tariff Deal

12/12/2014

WASHINGTON — Last month, their faces beaming with self-congratulatory enthusiasm, President Obama and China’s president, Xi Jinping, announced an agreement to drop tariffs on a range of high-technology products, an accord that was supposed to propel far more significant trade talks in the weeks to come.

US, South Africa in a flap over chicken trade

12/12/2014

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Two United States senators have threatened to try to block South Africa from a lucrative U.S.-Africa trade agreement if Pretoria doesn't lift import duties on cheaper cuts of chicken.

So What Does The Solar Industry Think About Anti-Dumping Hearings

12/12/2014

The testimonies coming out of the anti-dumping hearings are horrendous, but what does the solar industry think? Peter Varadi, who founded the first solar company back in 1974, questions why the US would provoke a trade war with China on the basis of a petition from maybe a half-dozen companies. The Solar Energy Industries Association agrees.

Exporters fear poultry duty may threaten US trade deal

12/12/2014

The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of SA (Amie) is calling on the government to urgently drop antidumping duties on US poultry as fears grow that SA might be excluded from trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa).

Trade Remedies: Targeting the Renewable Energy Sector

11/12/2014

This publication was commissioned for and forms part of the background documentation for an ad hoc expert group, entitled: “Trade Remedies in Green Sectors: the Case of Renewables”, held in Geneva on 3 and 4 April 2014.

WTO Appellate Body Grants India Victory in US Steel Duties Case

11/12/2014

The WTO Appellate Body ruled on Monday that the US’ anti-subsidy duties on imports of certain Indian steel products violated global trade rules, in a complicated decision that is expected to have implications for India’s booming steel trade. (DS436)

US warns South African on poultry anti-dumping policy

11/12/2014

South Africa cannot expect to continue receiving preferential trade benefits under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) unless it rescinds its anti-dumping duties on imports of US chicken, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has told members of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC).