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U.S. confirms duties on Chinese steel wire rod imports

14/11/2014

Nov 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce confirmed steep duties on imports of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from China after ruling the products were being sold below cost in the U.S. market and received unfair levels of government subsidies.

Philippines: Tariff Commission slaps Turkish flour anti-dumping duty

14/11/2014

The Tariff Commission slapped a definitive anti-dumping duty as much as 16.19 percent against wheat flour imports from Turkey for a period of five years affirming the preliminary findings by the Department of Agriculture that the cheap flour imports from Turkey pose material injury to local flour millers. Local flour millers, however, was not happy with the rate stressing the Commission should have imposed a higher punitive import duty.

Rise of protectionism in China a threat to commodities imports

14/11/2014

(Reuters) - As China lobbies world leaders to back its free trade plan at an Asia-Pacific summit this week, businesses are complaining about Beijing's use of non-tariff barriers from customs clearance to quality restrictions to curb raw material imports.

Nepal: Ginger traders face non-tariff barriers

14/11/2014

KATHMANDU: As Nepal is world’s third-largest ginger producer, efforts should be focused on fetching better export price, experts said today.

G20 and protectionism: What’s there to (really) worry about?

14/11/2014

Has G20 protectionism been talked up too much? The latest World Trade Organization (WTO) report, published jointly with the OECD, on trade restrictive measures in the G20 group of leading industrial economies and emerging markets, reveals that protectionism has not significantly been on the rise. Yet there are ‘murky’ areas of protectionism on which the international organisations’ report remains very sketchy.

Turkey will issue anti-dumping laws on cell phones

13/11/2014

Already well known for his hostility to social media, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now mocked the capriciousness of the cell phone market.

Philippines finds Turkey guilty of dumping flour, imposes punitive tariff

13/11/2014

MANILA – The Philippines is slapping higher tariffs on Turkish flour for five years after ruling that Ankara had been dumping cheap flour in the country.