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EU Slaps China with New Steel Antidumping Duties
04/02/2017 12:00
The EU slapped definitive antidumping duties on steel products from China and Taiwan on Friday, as it broadens its campaign to protect struggling steel manufacturers in Europe.
The measure is part of an EU push against China, which makes more than half the world's steel, for allegedly flooding global markets in violation of international trade agreements.
It comes as protectionist U.S. President Donald Trump promises to crack down on China's dominance of world trade, prompting a vigorous defense of globalization by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week.
"The European Commission's investigation confirmed that Chinese and Taiwanese stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings had been sold in Europe at dumped prices," the EU's executive arm said in a statement.
The targeted products are used to join steel pipes and tubes, and are commonly used in industries such as food processing and shipbuilding as well as energy and construction.
The EU has had a series of trade disputes with China, its second-largest trading partner, but is also seeking to resolve the standoff over steel with Beijing through the OECD, the Paris-based group of developed economies.
Brussels now has more than 100 trade defense measures in place, 39 of them targeting unfair imports of steel products of which 15 are Chinese.
The measure is part of an EU push against China, which makes more than half the world's steel, for allegedly flooding global markets in violation of international trade agreements.
It comes as protectionist U.S. President Donald Trump promises to crack down on China's dominance of world trade, prompting a vigorous defense of globalization by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week.
"The European Commission's investigation confirmed that Chinese and Taiwanese stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings had been sold in Europe at dumped prices," the EU's executive arm said in a statement.
The targeted products are used to join steel pipes and tubes, and are commonly used in industries such as food processing and shipbuilding as well as energy and construction.
The EU has had a series of trade disputes with China, its second-largest trading partner, but is also seeking to resolve the standoff over steel with Beijing through the OECD, the Paris-based group of developed economies.
Brussels now has more than 100 trade defense measures in place, 39 of them targeting unfair imports of steel products of which 15 are Chinese.
Jan 27, 2017
Source: IndustryWeek
Source: IndustryWeek
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