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Call to remove trade barriers as COMESA embarks on the 2016-2020 MTSP

11/09/2015

Full regional integration and the quest to have a seamless flow of goods and services will be achieved in the COMESA region once the Members states commit themselves to eliminate outstanding tariff and non- tariff barriers.

Uganda: We Must Break Trade Barriers to Promote Development

11/09/2015

This week, businessmen, policy makers and other economic stakeholders from within East Africa and across the globe convened at the Speke Resort in Munyonyo in Uganda for the first ever high-level Manufacturing Business Summit and Exhibition in the East African Community (EAC).

Steel Trade Remedies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

11/09/2015

Trade discussion at the 2015 SMU Steel Summit Conference brought a number of conflicting views. Well before the Trade Panel began their formal presentations on Tuesday, attendees at the conference heard a number of comments on imports, steel overcapacity and whether the trade cases that have been initiated will help or hurt the US steel industry.

Vietnamese zinc-coated steel not dumped in Australia

07/09/2015

The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has announced its decision to conclude its dumping investigation into zinc-coated (galvanised) steel imported from Vietnam.

S. Korea, China ink MOU to tackle non-tariff barriers

07/09/2015

SEJONG, Sept, 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and China have agreed to tackle the issue of non-tariff barriers following their signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) earlier this year, the government said Thursday.

US Opens Anti-Dumping Probe on $2 Billion in Steel Imports

07/09/2015

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department launched a probe Tuesday into alleged dumping by several foreign steel producers accused of undercutting America’s domestic industry.

Mexico begins anti-dumping investigation into steel wire rod from China

07/09/2015

Mexico will conduct an anti-dumping probe into steel wire rod from China, the economy ministry said on Wednesday.

WTO Panel Rules Against India’s Solar Program

07/09/2015

NEW DELHI—A World Trade Organization panel has ruled that India’s federal solar program violates global trade rules by imposing local-purchase requirements for solar cells and modules, two senior officials said Tuesday.