General Motors Co. (GM) may hasten plans to increase output in China after regulators in the world’s largest automobile market said they will impose punitive duties on some vehicles imported from the U.S.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has fired a warning shot with its decision to impose tariffs on imports of sport-utility vehicles (SUV) and other large cars from the United States as both countries gear up for increased trade friction next year.
China's decision to levy anti-dumping duties on U.S. auto imports is made "based on laws and facts," a spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.
New Chinese duties on U.S. cars are "unjustifiable," four senior U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday in a joint statement urging President Barack Obama's administration to challenge the measures.
Mexico expects to issue preliminary findings in an anti-dumping investigation into chicken imports from the United States toward the end of the month, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
Some Taiwanese businessmen operating in China have been using Taiwan to evade anti-dumping levies, a move that hurts Taiwan's overall business sector, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOFA) said Wednesday.
The European Union ended a threat to impose tariffs against Saudi Arabia and Oman on a material used in plastic bottles after EU producers withdrew complaints about subsidies and price undercutting.
China expects trade disputes to increase next year as global markets contract due to European and U.S. economic weakness, China's trade minister Chen Deming said on Wednesday.