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US DOC announces Final Results in Administrative Review of the Antidumping Order on Steam Activated Carbon

27/10/2011

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce") announced today its final antidumping margins calculated in the third annual administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steam activated carbon from the People's Republic of China, reports Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, counsel in the matter to U.S. activated carbon producers. Activated carbon is used in drinking water, wastewater, odor control, and pollution abatement systems.

Indonesia tin smelters may replace export ban with quota

27/10/2011

PANGKAL PINANG/JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Tin smelters in top exporter Indonesia may end their export ban and instead impose a monthly quota that would cut shipments by up to 40 percent, the Indonesian Tin Industry Association said on Tuesday.

China takes U.S. to WTO court over shrimp, saw blades

27/10/2011

Oct 25 (Reuters) - China triggered a court case against the United States at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday, arguing that U.S. anti-dumping measures on imports of diamond saw blades and frozen warm-water shrimp were invalid.

Mexico ends tariffs on Northwest apples, pears, Christmas trees after winning a trade dispute

27/10/2011

Workers in Eagle Creek load Christmas trees in 2009 for shipping to Mexico. Mexico slapped 20 percent tariffs on Christmas tree and other products that year as part of a trucking dispute, but dropped the duties Friday, clearing the way for increased sales.

U.S. ITC advocates six-month exception for 4G devices from potential HTC Android import ban

26/10/2011

“The ITC staff’s initial position on a potential import ban against HTC’s Android-based devices was that such a sanction ‘is not contrary to the public interest,’ especially since other devices (devices made by other companies as well as HTC’s own Windows Phone-based products) could easily replace HTC’s Android devices,” Florian Mueller reports for FOSS Patents.

Paraguay Lifts Beef-Export Ban

26/10/2011

Buenos Aires—Paraguay has lifted a one-month ban on beef exports and will begin negotiations with other countries to restart sales.

Africa: Kenya Retains Higher Import Quota of Tax-Free Sugar

26/10/2011

Kenya will retain the current enlarged import quota of duty-free sugar from the Africa's largest market as part of a deal that saw the country granted a two-year extension to fully liberalise its sugar sector.

WTO Ruling On Vietnamese Shrimp Is One of Many Rulings Against U.S.

25/10/2011

The membership of the United States in the World Trade Organization (WTO) has made it nearly impossible for the U.S. to instate trade policies that are in the best interest of the country. In fact, the United States loses 9 out of 10 cases that are brought against it in the WTO.