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VN: Protective import tax sends steel prices soaring

30/03/2016

A spokesperson for Sông Đà No2 Joint Stock Company (SD2) called up a magazine to grumble that steel prices have skyrocketed, pushing up costs for his company by billions of đồng since the prices started to rise.

India: PM to raise concerns on non-tariff barriers with EU

30/03/2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to raise the issue of increasing non-tariff barriers on Indian exports to European markets during his summit-level meetings with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk.

Japan to slap anti-dumping duty on Chinese, Korean chemical

30/03/2016

TOKYO -- Japan is moving to impose a punitive tariff on imports of an industrial chemical from China and South Korea, accusing producers there of undercutting domestic rivals with unfairly low prices.

India: Import duty no longer enough to check dumping

30/03/2016

The government is shifting gears on checking cheap imports and has worked out a plan to use domestic standards for telecom and food shipments along with anti-subsidy measures in case of steel and other products instead of merely relying on raising import duty or imposing anti-dumping duty

WTO solar dispute: India examining US protectionist programmes

29/03/2016

The government is examining options to file a case against the US in the World Trade Organisation based on programmes run by American state governments which give protection to domestic manufacturers.

TPP barriers for VN industries

29/03/2016

HCM CITY — The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), which was concluded in early February, will bring opportunities to Việt Nam’s businesses, especially those in the textile, garment and footwear sectors, but also barriers that they need to navigate to benefit, experts have said.

VN: Rice exports less competitive

29/03/2016

HÀ NỘI (VNS) – Local rice exporters have offered a higher export price due to price rise in the domestic market, thereby losing the advantage in the competitive world market, said experts.