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The sanctions war and the role of the WTO

30/09/2014

For the first time, economic measures are being applied to a member state capable of large-scale retaliation. Previous instances of politically-motivated sanctions concerned countries of a different caliber. Take, for example, sanctions against Argentina over the Falklands conflict, or sanctions against Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.

U.S. confirms duties on specialized steel from China, Russia, South Korea

30/09/2014

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday confirmed duties on imports of specialized steel from China, South Korea and Russia.

US electrical steel producers welcome antidumping margins

30/09/2014

US electrical steel producers are satisfied with the decision of the US Commerce Department to impose duties on imports of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from the Czech Republic.

VN: Quality improvements could boost exports

30/09/2014

HA NOI (VNS) — Vietnamese companies were urged to carefully study the European Union (EU)'s requirements for imports to maximise opportunities arising from Viet Nam's impending free trade agreement (FTA) with the trade bloc.

U.S. sets preliminary subsidy rates on imports of dry containers from China

30/09/2014

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday set preliminary subsidy rates on imports of 53-foot domestic dry containers from China, signaling that it may impose punitive duties on the products.

Russia Faces Renewed European Union Tariffs on Ammonium Nitrate

30/09/2014

The European Union renewed for another five years tariffs on ammonium nitrate from Russia to protect EU producers such as Poland’s Zaklady Azotowe Pulawy SA from the threat of unfair price undercutting.

U.S. lowers final import duties on MSG from China

30/09/2014

(Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday set lower final duties on imports from China of food additive monosodium glutamate, known as MSG, and slightly higher duties on Indonesian imports of the additive.

WTO debate could ease trade barriers, says BIR

29/09/2014

Global: Ongoing discussions at World Trade Organization (WTO) level could bring welcome change to the 'inefficient mix' of tariffs and non-tariff barriers currently affecting trade both in secondary raw materials and in machinery and equipment used by the recycling industries around the world, according to BIR.