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Vietnam pursues first anti dumping case despite objections

20/05/2014

The Vietnam Competition Authority plans to organize a public hearing of the country’s first anti dumping investigation regarding stainless steel imports next month, in spite of objections from importers.

U.S. regulators vote to investigate sugar imports from Mexico

13/05/2014

(Reuters) - U.S. trade regulators ruled on Friday in favor of investigating allegations that Mexico is dumping cheap sugar in the United States, taking Washington closer to imposing penalties on sweetener imports.

How to Get WTO Talks Moving: Take on Agriculture Subsidies

13/05/2014

As mentioned in my last piece here, there has been much hand-wringing in recent years over the inability of the WTO to achieve new trade liberalization. The modest success of the recent Trade Facilitation Agreement was a small victory, but it is not liberalization in the traditional sense, where countries agree to rein in their protectionist impulses. The failure of trade talks at the multilateral level has led many governments to pursue regional or plurilateral initiatives, even though such approaches have fundamental flaws in economic and political terms.

China levies anti-dumping duties on pipes

13/05/2014

BEIJING - The Ministry of Commerce will levy anti-dumping duties on some alloy-steel seamlesspipes imported from the European Union and the United States from Saturday.

New Zealand to slash duty-free tobacco limits for int'l travelers

13/05/2014

WELLINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand government announced Thursday a drastic cut in the allowance in duty-free tobacco to bring the country into line with Australia as part of its campaign to make New Zealand smoke-free by 2025.

U.S. steelmakers 'under assault' from dumped imports

13/05/2014

INDIANAPOLIS | Steel dumping poses a real threat to jobs in Northwest Indiana, and policy-makers in Washington need to take heed, industry officials said.

WTO taps South African ex-minister to judge tobacco dispute

13/05/2014

(Reuters) - Former South African Trade Minister Alec Erwin will lead a World Trade Organization panel appointed to judge a landmark trade dispute over Australia's anti-tobacco laws, the global trade body said on Tuesday.

WTO says Russia seeks talks on EU energy regulations

06/05/2014

(Reuters) - Russia has requested talks with the European Union on the EU's energy rules that challenge Gazprom's business model, in a possible first step towards filing a dispute at the World Trade Organization, WTO officials said on Thursday.