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US: Pressure Mounting on Capitol Hill to Resolve Mexican Antidumping Charges against US Chicken

04/06/2012

A bipartisan group of 49 congressmen sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk yesterday expressing their strong concern about the antidumping duties Mexico has preliminarily assigned to U.S. chicken leg quarters, ranging from 64 percent to 129 percent. Although these duties have not yet been applied in final form, under Mexican law, a final decision will have to be reached by mid-August. “The Mexican antidumping action, when finalized, will severely damage the U.S. poultry industry and the market access provided under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),” the letter said.

EU aviation carbon spat seen unlikely to reach WTO

04/06/2012

COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Countries that oppose the European Union's move to include airlines in its scheme to control carbon emissions would find it difficult to bring a dispute to the World Trade Organization (WTO), an official with the global trade body said on Friday.

Australia: Cheap Chinese wheels hit by dumping slug

04/06/2012

Chinese alloy wheel importers have been hit with anti-dumping import duties of up to 87.8 per cent after an Australian government investigation into claims of under-priced wheels being sold in Australia to car manufacturers and aftermarket retailers.

Macedonian, Turkish steel producers fire back at EU

04/06/2012

The EU is debating whether to impose tariffs on exports of steel pipes from Turkey, Macedonia and Ukraine.

WTO warns of rise in protectionism since 2008

01/06/2012

Growing protectionist measures put in place since the 2008 global crisis have impacted 3 per cent of world trade, or about 500 billion dollars in trade, World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Pascal Lamy warned on Thursday.

WTO chief outlines anti-trade trends

01/06/2012

Three worldwide trends are working against trade - the slowdown in the global economy, constraints of trade finance and rise of protectionism, Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organisation, said yesterday.

US to slap punitive duties on steel cylinders from China

01/06/2012

WASHINGTON -- The US International Trade Commission (USITC) Wednesday cleared the way for the US government to levy antidumping and countervailing duties against imports of high-pressure steel cylinders from China.

U.S. Sets Duties as High As 26% on Wind Towers from China

01/06/2012

The U.S. Commerce Department set duties from 13.74 percent to 26 percent on imports of wind towers from China used by the energy industry, siding with U.S. manufacturers including Broadwind Energy Inc. (BWEN)