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U.S. levies hefty duties on Chinese corrosion-resistant steel

02/06/2016

Corrosion-resistant steel from China will face final U.S. anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties of up to 450 percent under the U.S. Commerce Department's latest clampdown on a glut of steel imports, the agency said on Wednesday.

G-7 Agrees to Tackle China Dumping After EU Chiefs Warn on Steel

02/06/2016

Group of Seven leaders agreed to work together to tackle oversupply in the Chinese economy, but didn’t go as far as calling out the country by name for steel dumping.

A WTO challenge to China’s internet censorship is long overdue

02/06/2016

For the first time this year, the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) ‘National Trade Estimate Report’ took note of China’s Great Firewall.

WTO sees Brexit costing UK billions in trade tariffs

01/06/2016

Leaving the European Union would cost British consumers 9 billion pounds ($13.2 billion) in annual additional import tariffs, World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo said in an interview published by the Financial Times on Wednesday.

VN’s cashew industry booming

01/06/2016

Việt Nam’s cashew industry is expected to enjoy strong export growth in the coming years, especially shipments to the US, according to the Việt Nam Cashew Association.

EU, US Spar Over Aircraft Subsidies at WTO Hearing

01/06/2016

The global trade arbiter organised a public screening last week of dispute panel hearings between the EU and the US regarding whether tax incentives provided by Washington state to American aerospace giant Boeing are in violation of WTO rules.

Why ‘Antidumping’ Tariffs Should Be Dumped

01/06/2016

China produces more than 820 million tons of steel per year, of which about 100 million tons are exported and sold at a discount overseas. Only about 3 percent of those exports go to the United States, but American steel producers bristle at the competition. So in keeping with the time-honored practice of the US steel industry — “the backbone of American manufacturing,” as it proudly calls itself — domestic producers are rising to the challenge.

Vietnam: Difficulties reaching yearly export targets expected

01/06/2016

Việt Nam could face numerous difficulties in reaching its export value target for this year because of low growth in total exports for the first four months, experts said.