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U.S. officials to look into Chinese refrigerant imports

12/08/2015

Aug 7 U.S. trade officials will keep looking into low-priced Chinese imports of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) products, used in air conditioning and refrigeration, after the U.S. International Trade Commission found on Friday that there was a reasonable indication of injury to U.S. producers.

Indonesia: Govt denies protectionism charges, says RI tariffs among the lowest

12/08/2015

Top economic ministers on Thursday rejected mounting accusations that the government is adopting a protectionist trade policy stance as Indonesia’s new import tariff policy came under the spotlight in the free-trade global community.

EU failed to comply after losing China screws dispute, WTO says

12/08/2015

The European Union failed to make amends after losing a dispute brought to the World Trade Organization by China over EU anti-dumping duties on Chinese bolts and screws, a WTO dispute panel ruled on Friday.

Solar trade battle rejoined as European firms call on Commission to lift Chinese panel import tariffs

12/08/2015

The long-running row over the EU's controversial decision to impose a Minimum Import Price (MIP) on Chinese solar panels coming into the bloc looks set to reignite, after a group of solar installers wrote to Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström urging the Commission to ditch its "anti-Chinese mindset".

Australia clears VN steel exporters from dumping probe

12/08/2015

Australia’s Anti-Dumping Commission last week announced to stop its dumping investigation into galvanized steel products imported from Vietnam.

Vietnam to probe U.S. frozen chicken amid local petitions for anti-dumping

12/08/2015

HANOI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will probe into whether frozen chicken legs from the United States sold at 20,000 Vietnamese dong (around 0.92 U.S. dollars) per kilogram in Vietnamese market can be considered dumping, said a Vietnamese official here on Wednesday.

Turkish fishermen face antidumping case in EU call for gov't action

12/08/2015

The Turkish fishing industry is facing a new threat since the Spanish Business Association of Marine Aquaculture Producers (APROMAR) began a subsidy investigation against Turkey to stop the country's increasing exports of sea bream and sea bass to Spain.

India: Overhauling of Import and Export Policy

12/08/2015

In order to give a boost to India's exports and for diversification of Indian export markets and products, the Government has recently announced its Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20, on 1.4.2015. The FTP 2015-20 also includes several measures to encourage domestic manufacturing under 'Make in India' mission of the government e.g. (i) Reduction in Export Obligation under EPCG scheme, in case capital goods are procured from indigenous manufacturers (from 90% earlier to 75% now), (ii) Higher level of rewards under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) for export items having high domestic content and value addition.