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S.Korea launches WTO dispute against U.S.

27/11/2009

GENEVA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - South Korea has launched a dispute at the World Trade Organisation against the United States over U.S. measures to raise prices on imports of steel, a South Korean embassy official said on Thursday.

European Chamber Launches New Study on Curbing Industrial Overcapacity in China

27/11/2009

Beijing, China (November 26, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China today launched a unique new study examining the impact and influence of industrial overcapacity in China. Entitled Overcapacity in China: Causes, Impacts and Recommendations, the study is the first ever industry-led report on industrial capacity utilization in China and is published in partnership with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. The sixty-page study offers a detailed analysis of the causes and effects of overcapacity across six key Chinese industries. The study has found that the recent measures taken by the Chinese authorities to curb overcapacity are a positive first step. However, the European business community in China sees further possibilities for improvement and drawing on the knowledge and experience of the European Chamber's 1,400 member companies, provides a series of recommendations on how this problem can be curbed.

EU wants to negotiate FTA with Vietnam

27/11/2009

Bridge – The European Union (EU) wants to officially negotiate with Vietnam about a free trade area (FTA) agreement, said Rupert Schlegelmilch, the European Commission’s Head of the EU-ASEAN, South Korea and India Trade Relations Unit.

China calls U.S. tariffs discriminatory

27/11/2009

BEIJING, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- China says the U.S. Commerce Department's decision to levy an average of about 13.7 percent anti-subsidy tariffs on its oil well pipes is "discriminatory"

Okoumé plywood duties under scrutiny

27/11/2009

Traders have until December 21 to express their views on a European Commission review of anti-dumping duty measures on Chinese okoumé plywood.

Japan calls for tougher WTO rules on anti-dumping

27/11/2009

GENEVA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Japan called on World Trade Organisation members on Wednesday to agree tougher rules on how far states can go to defend themselves against unfairly priced imports, warning excessive retaliation could disrupt commerce.

US lowers some duties in China steel pipe case

27/11/2009

WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department cut some of its duties on Tuesday on steel pipe from China used to transport oil in a case that is part of the largest U.S. trade action against the country.

VN applauds EU anti-dumping committee’s decision

24/11/2009

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade has applauded the European Union anti-dumping committee’s recent rejection of an European Commission (EC) proposal to extend dumping duties on shoes imported from Vietnam and China.