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Business wants a WTO trade deal to end tariffs on chemicals

06/06/2016

May 30 A treaty to scrap import tariffs on chemicals emerged as a favoured candidate for a new trade agreement on Monday, as more than 60 business leaders debated ideas for new agreement at the World Trade Organisation headquarters.

U.S. panel launches trade secret theft probe into China steel

06/06/2016

U.S. regulators launched an investigation on Thursday into complaints by United States Steel Corp that Chinese competitors stole its secrets and fixed prices, in the latest trade spat between the two countries.

Malaysia enacts tax on rolled coil

03/06/2016

Malaysia has imposed anti-dumping taxes ranging between 3.06 per cent and 23.78 per cent on cold rolled coil imported from Việt Nam, mainland China and South Korea.

India Challenges WTO Ruling Against Solar Technology Development

03/06/2016

At a time when the countries of the world are increasingly facing the alarming effects of climate change, policies to combat it are trumped by utterly mercantile rules of the World Trade Organisation.

US ends catfish inspection programme

03/06/2016

The US Senate has supported scrapping of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s catfish inspection programme because critics argued that the programme was wasteful and unnecessary.

U.S. seeks WTO dispute panel in chicken dispute with China

03/06/2016

The Obama administration on Friday asked the World Trade Organization to establish a dispute settlement panel to rule on U.S. claims that China is unfairly continuing anti-dumping duties on U.S. broiler chicken products.

US to Impose Antidumping Duties on S. Korean Corrosion-resistant Steel

02/06/2016

The United States has decided to impose antidumping duties of up to 48 percent on imports of corrosion-resistant steel from South Korea and up to 451 percent on such imports from China.

US Senate votes to end catfish inspection programme

02/06/2016

The vote took place on May 25, with bill supporters, including Republican Sen. John McCain, arguing that the USDA programme is wasteful, duplicative and unnecessary.