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WTO members still wish to achieve results in rules negotiations

06/04/2016

WTO members have not given up on getting results in the negotiations on rules. This is essentially the message that came out from the Jamaican Ambassador Wayne McCook, chairman of the negotiating group on rules, in his first report to the members of the organisation since the ministerial conference in Nairobi at the end of last year.

The Trade Wars Begin: China Retaliates To Steel Tariffs With Global Anti-Dumping Duties

06/04/2016

When looking back in history, December 23, 2015 may be the date the global trade wars officially began. On that day, as we reported at the time, the U.S. imposed a 256% tariff on Chinese steel imports.

China slaps anti-dumping duties on EU, Japanese, South Korean electric steel products

06/04/2016

China, accused of flooding world markets with cheap steel, has imposed anti-dumping duties as high as 46.3 percent on electric steel products imported from Japan, South Korea and the European Union, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.

Vietnamese deputies push for export-import tariffs law

06/04/2016

Vietnamese law makers have called for the draft law on export-import tariffs to be adopted as soon as possible during their ongoing session of the national Assembly (Parliament).

Steel fabricators worried tighter anti-dumping legislation will mean higher costs for them and consumers

06/04/2016

The Australian Steel Association (ASA) says small-scale fabricators and householders will bear the brunt of any moves to tighten anti-dumping legislation.

EU ‘studying China’s WTO commitments on anti-dumping’ as it mulls changing nation’s trading status

05/04/2016

The European Union is studying the anti-dumping provisions in China’s WTO accession agreements as it contemplates whether to grant market economy status to the world’s largest trader, the French ambassador to Beijing said on Wednesday.

Ottawa seeks WTO ruling on U.S. duties on Canadian paper

05/04/2016

Ottawa says it wants the World Trade Organization to look into U.S. countervailing duties on almost $1 billion in annual exports of supercalendered paper from Canada.