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Canada to appeal U.S. softwood lumber duties with WTO

17/04/2019

Canada will appeal last week's decision by a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel to allow the United States to use "zeroing" to calculate lumber anti-dumping tariffs, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday.

China starts review of anti-dumping measures on U.S. distillers grains

17/04/2019

China’s Ministry of Commerce confirmed it is starting a review on Monday of its anti-dumping tariffs on imports of distillers grains (DDGS) from the United States and said the investigation should be completed in a year.

Egypt imposes temporary duties of 15 pct on iron billets, 25 pct on steel rebar

17/04/2019

Egypt has imposed temporary import fees of 15% on iron billets and 25% on steel rebar for 180 days from March 15.

ITC makes final determination in Thailand rubber band case

17/04/2019

The U.S. has made a final determination of injury to the domestic rubber band industry because of imports from Thailand.

Construction industry warns Trudeau not to extend surtax on foreign steel

16/04/2019

'Steel producers ... conflate their own interests with the country's interest,' says trade lawyer

Anti-dumping decision will help U.S. steel pipe producers, companies say

16/04/2019

U.S. producers of large-diameter welded pipe, including Export-based Dura-Bond Industries, hope to benefit from a recent decision assessing duties on foreign exporters of steel.

WTO Affirms U.S. Antidumping Duty Measures on the Differential Pricing Methodology to Softwood Lumber Products from Canada

16/04/2019

The U.S. Lumber Coalition applauds today's decision by a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel affirming the United States' anti-dumping measures that apply the Differential Pricing Methodology to softwood lumber products from Canada. In its decision the WTO panel rejected a prior WTO appellate body's finding on this issue, which imposed obligations on the United States that had never been agreed to by the United States in the negotiations establishing the WTO. Today's decision by the WTO panel is not only vitally important to the domestic lumber industry, it is an essential affirmation of U.S. sovereignty and its rights to fully and properly enforce trade laws as enacted by Congress.

New U.S. Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions on Ceramic Tile Products from China

16/04/2019

The Coalition for Fair Trade in Ceramic Tile (“petitioner”), on April 10, 2019, filed antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions on imports of ceramic tile products from China.