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ITC Okays Tariffs on Steel Imports from China, Japan

27/06/2016

We've got a bit of news from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today, whichokayed duties on imports of cold-rolled steel flat products from China and Japan.

EU Trade Barriers With UK Would Be 'Foolish'

27/06/2016

A leading German business figure urges his country and the EU to draw up a free-trade agreement that could operate after Brexit.

WTO report: “G20 trade restrictions reach highest monthly level since the crisis”

24/06/2016

The WTO’s fifteenth trade monitoring report on G20 trade measures, issued on 21 June, shows the application of new trade-restrictive measures by G20 economies increased compared to the previous reporting period, reaching the highest monthly average registered since the WTO began its monitoring exercise in 2009.

Vietnamese exporters learn about trade safeguards

24/06/2016

Local exporters were introduced to a string of safeguards measures applied in foreign markets and an early warning system that could help them avoid possible risks.

VN: Catfish exports to U.S. face higher anti-dumping duty

24/06/2016

That is result of the 9th administrative review by the U.S. Department of Commerce to frozen catfish fillet consignments imported from Vietnam for the phase of 2011-2012.

Australia OK’s lychee irradiation centre

24/06/2016

HÀ NỘI — Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has certified that the Hanoi Irradiation Centre will irradiate Vietnamese lychees exported to the market.

WTO Ruling Against Food Labeling Causes More Beef Imports

24/06/2016

In an email we received this week, a farm journalist, referring to our column on US beef trade, asked what we thought was behind the increase in beef imports. As shown in the column, US beef imports have increased at a faster rate than US beef exports over the last few years (http://tinyurl.com/h78eptv). The reporter’s question, which we failed to address, is: Why?

US allows more VN catfish imports

23/06/2016

The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has allowed an additional 12 Vietnamese catfish companies to export to the US, raising the total number of exporters to 57.