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Utilities Lack Standing in Russian Uranium Case

22/06/2009

(CN) - A group of U.S. utility companies lacks standing to challenge the Department of Commerce's decision to suspend - rather than terminate - its antidumping duty investigation of uranium from Russia, the Court of International Trade ruled.

TIA statement on Chinese-made tire quotas

22/06/2009

BOWIE, Md. (June 18, 2009) — The Tire Industry Association (TIA) released a statement June 17 announcing its opposition to a petition by the United Steelworkers (USW) union to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) asking for limits on the import of Chinese-made passenger and light truck tires.

Protectionism is blocking the bike lane in Canada

22/06/2009

The economic folly of shielding two Quebec producers of low-end bicycles against higher quality imports is clearly seen in the numbers

Catfish farms aided by ban on Vietnamese fish

22/06/2009

Catfish farmers in Alabama, the vast majority of them in West Alabama, can breathe a sigh of relief now that the International Trade Commission unanimously ruled this week to continue the five-year-old order against the 'dumping,' or selling below the real cost, of fish from Vietnam.

Japan asks to join Brazil's orange juice complaint at WTO against US

16/06/2009

Japan has asked to join in Brazil's complaint before the WTO against the United States over orange juice (DS382 -'United States - Anti-Dumping Administrative Reviews and Other Measures Related to Imports of Certain Orange Juice from Brazil'). On June 5, Japan notified the US and Brazilian missions in Geneva that it wished to join in the dispute as a third party. Japan explained, saying it "has a substantial trade interest in these consultations. The measures at issue appear to be related to the imports of 'orange juice' products which Japan exports to the United States."

Ukraine and Belarus ink a series of bilateral documents

16/06/2009

Ukraine and Belarus have signed a series of bilateral documents directed to deepening cooperation. The signing ceremony took place in the course of a meeting of Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky, who is staying on official visit in Kyiv.

Scared Of Chinese Pencils

16/06/2009

Jim Henderson and Bret Ewing are import specialists. That means they sit in an office near the Port of Seattle and monitor every kind of product that enters the country. They are supposed to make sure that importers have paid the appropriate customs duties.

Panel Upholds Order Against Vietnamese Fish

16/06/2009

The U.S. International Trade Commission has upheld an order against dumping of certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam, a move described by an Alabama congressman as a victory for catfish farmers.