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India prepared to counter Japan on steel dispute in WTO

17/03/2017

Japan on Thursday requested the WTO to set up a dispute-settlement panel to investigate India’s allegation of dumping of steel products and imposition of safeguard duties on certain steel imports, according to a senior commerce ministry official.

MOFCOM Responds to US Aluminum Association’s Anti-Dumping, Anti-Bribery Investigation Request

17/03/2017

China’s commerce ministry said it hopes the US will not resort to trade remedies too frequently after the US Aluminum Association asked the American commerce department to open anti-dumping and anti-bribery investigations into imported Chinese aluminum foil.

Canada has amended the product range applied to trade remedy measures against China’s certain carbon steel fasteners

17/03/2017

On Feb.17^th, 2017, Canada International Trade Tribunal has announced that they have made a review on the anti-dumping and countervailing measures against certain carbon steel fasteners made in China due to the application of Canimex Inc.

Avian flu scare: Vietnam halts the US poultry imports

17/03/2017

Vietnam has halted the import of poultry and poultry products from two US states, Tennessee and Wisconsin, which have been affected by avian flu.

WTO To Probe Colombia's Compliance With Tariff Ruling

16/03/2017

The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has agreed to determine whether Colombia has complied with an earlier WTO ruling regarding its import tariffs on textiles, apparel, and footwear.

VN rice firms chafe at China import limits

16/03/2017

Many Vietnamese rice exporters are facing difficulties after China authorised only 22 Vietnamese businesses to export rice into the country

U.S. aluminum foil producers launch case accusing China of dumping

16/03/2017

U.S. aluminum foil producers have filed petitions with their government accusing Chinese manufacturers of dumping the product in the United States, the first such case since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Sugar subsidies, America’s least efficient corporate welfare program

16/03/2017

Washington is once again massively screwing up the American sugar market. Because American farmers cannot compete with foreign sugar growers, the federal government has maintained an array of sugar import quotas and/or tariffs for most of the last 200 years. The regulatory regime has provided windfalls for generations of politicians and jobs for legions of bureaucrats while destroying more than a hundred thousand private, productive jobs. It’s Getting Worse