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U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Affirmative Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Imports of Magnesium from Israel

08/05/2019

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of magnesium from Israel, finding that exporters received countervailable subsidies of 7.48 percent.

US Announces Next Round of Tariffs, This Time on Mexico

08/05/2019

Even while trade tensions between US and China build up once again over Trump’s latest tariff hike announcement, US plans to start imposing 17.5% tariffs on Mexican tomatoes starting on Tuesday. The latest round of tariffs comes on the back of an inability to renew an older trade agreement from 2013 which led to suspension of an anti-dumping investigation by the US.

China Considers Delaying Next Trade Talks After Trump’s Tariff Threat

07/05/2019

China is considering delaying a trip by its top trade negotiators to Washington this week, according to people familiar with the matter, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened the country with steeper tariffs over the pace of trade talks.

India: Anti-dumping duty put on saccharine from Indonesia

07/05/2019

The Finance Ministry has, on the recommendations of the Commerce Ministry, imposed an anti-dumping duty of $1,633.17 per tonne on the import of saccharine from Indonesia.

U.S Final antidumping determination on Vietnamese catfish fillets

07/05/2019

With many cases being considered on antidumping accusations, the latest news is a win for U.S. catfish producers. U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) praised a final determinationon antidumping duties to be imposed on Vietnamese catfish exporters, a move that will help ensure U.S. catfish producers can compete on a more level playing field.

Egypt's iron tariffs threaten some of its own companies

03/05/2019

Some of Egypt's steel industry rerollers have halted production and sales in the face of protectionist duties the country recently began levying on some imports. One industrial organization says the tariffs could lead to the loss of thousands of jobs.

Trump Administration Set to Impose Duties on Yarn From China, India

03/05/2019

The volume of polyester-textured yarn coming into U.S. from China and India has surged in recent years, growing from about 38 million pounds in 2013 to nearly 69 million pounds in 2017. That same year, imports of the yarn in question totaled $54.6 million.

US launches probe to check unfair subsidies to Chinese ceramic tiles

03/05/2019

International Trade Commission (ITC) determines that dumped and/or unfairly subsidized U.S. imports of ceramic tile from China are causing injury to the U.S.