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VN maintains tariffs on imported steel

02/11/2018

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has decided to maintain safeguard measures for steel billets and steel bars imported from a number of countries and territories including China, the US, Canada, Germany, France, Japan and the Republic of Korea.

America's global trade war has finally arrived at the WTO.

31/10/2018

Seven countries -- including Mexico, Canada and the European Union -- are disputing U.S. tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum at a meeting of the World Trade Organization in Geneva on Monday. China is asking the international trade body to review the tariffs on roughly half its exports to the United States. The U.S. is fighting back with complaints about Chinese counter-tariffs.

Countering global protectionism, Pacific trade pact nears takeoff

31/10/2018

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark 11-country deal that will slash tariffs across much of the Asia-Pacific region will come into force at the end of December, New Zealand said on Wednesday, a rare bright spot for global commerce as the U.S.-China trade war intensifies.

China lifts anti-dumping, countervailing measures on EU polysilicon

31/10/2018

China will remove anti-dumping and countervailing measures on solar-grade polysilicon imports from the EU as of Thursday, the Ministry of Commerce announced Wednesday.

India: Govt may slap anti-dumping duty of $207.72 per tonne on a Chinese chemical

31/10/2018

India may impose anti-dumping duty of up to $207.72 per tonne for a period of five years on a Chinese chemical used in the detergent industry to guard domestic manufacturers from cheap imports from the neighbouring country.

WTO sets up panel for Japan South Korea dispute over stainless steel bar antidumping duties

31/10/2018

Mainichi reported that the World Trade Organization on Monday set up a panel to settle a dispute between Japan and South Korea over antidumping duties Seoul has levied on imported stainless steel bars for about 14 years. The panel was established at the request of Japan after the countries failed to resolve the dispute through bilateral consultations in August. At issue is South Korea's placing of a 15.39 percent tariff on Japanese stainless steel bars in order to protect its domestic industry. The levy has been extended twice since 2004, bringing the total imposition to about JPY 4.9 billion (USD 44 million) by the end of June last year.

WTO member group vows to reform rules on subsidies, fight protectionism

29/10/2018

Top trade officials from 12 countries and the European Union on Thursday vowed to reform World Trade Organization rules in the face of U.S. actions that threaten to paralyze the body and address some of Washington’s complaints about Chinese subsidies.

Turkey: Anti-Dumping Measures On Vulcanized Rubber Thread And Cords From Thailand Will Remain In Force

29/10/2018

The Turkish Ministry of Trade ("Ministry") on 8 September 2018 decided that the current anti-dumping measures against vulcanized rubber thread and cords from Thailand will remain in force. The case is a reminder that companies may benefit from cooperation with the Ministry by having lower antidumping duties imposed.