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Japanese minister says China rare earth de facto export ban persists, urges improvement

13/10/2010

TOKYO — Japanese officials said Tuesday they have not seen any easing of China's de facto ban on exports of rare earth minerals — crucial for advanced manufacturing — despite a thaw in tensions over a territorial row between the two Asian powers.

In China, German minister warns of global trade war

13/10/2010

BEIJING — German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle cautioned upon arriving in China Tuesday that a global trade war was brewing, amid wide differences between key trading nations on currency policy.

Australia: Fremantle MP backs live export ban

13/10/2010

Fremantle MP Melissa Parke has joined two Federal Labor colleagues in defying Government policy to back a phase-out of live animal exports.

Ukraine’s decision to drop anti-dumping case

13/10/2010

The Ukrainian Ministry of Economy has accepted a request from the Ukrainian poultry industry to withdraw its dumping petition against the US chicken industry.

Negotiations on Vietnam-Russia FTA begin

13/10/2010

A bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Vietnam, Russia and the Customs Union of Russia-Belarus and Kazakhstan will bring huge economic, trade, services and investment benefit.

South Africa: Minister seeks to end Chinese wool import ban

13/10/2010

Talks are afoot between the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and its Chinese counterpart on lifting that country's year-long ban on South African apparel wool imports, which has severely affected the local industry.

China welcomes U.S. court's final ruling on dual duties on Chinese-made tires

13/10/2010

BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- China has welcomed the final ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) directing the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to scrap its imposition of countervailing duties (CVD) on tires from a Chinese manufacturer, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Monday.

Technical barriers restrict wood exports

13/10/2010

HCM CITY — Stricter provisions for timber products in importing countries are making it harder for Vietnamese wood product manufacturers to export, according to a HCM City certification services company.