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Japan takes S Korea to WTO over Fukushima-related food import restrictions

22/05/2015

Japan launched a trade complaint at the World Trade Organization on Thursday to challenge South Korea’s import bans and additional testing requirements for Japanese food after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Japan Appeals WTO Report On Chinese Duties

22/05/2015

Japan is appealing the findings of a panel report from the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning its dispute with China over anti-dumping duties imposed on certain high-performance stainless steel seamless tubes (HP-SSST).

EU anti-fraud office probing imports of Chinese solar panels

22/05/2015

May 22 The European Union's anti-fraud office is investigating producers and importers of Chinese solar panels on suspicion that they are evading import duties designed to ensure a fair market, according to a source familiar with the study.

Africa: Trade Inhibitors and not Non-Tariff Barriers

21/05/2015

Existing Regional Trading Arrangements in Africa are already bombarded with multi-dimensional problems. This article informs the readers that these problems will still be there while negotiation a CFTA, it also identifies some challenges, which are even more fatal for trade than the traditional NTBs and finally suggests a futuristic view as to what can be done to mitigate such issues?

Mexico weighs U.S. meat product sanctions after WTO ruling

21/05/2015

Mexico said on Thursday it would decide within about 15 days what sanctions to impose on U.S. meat products if the U.S. Congress does not comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on labeling.

Vietnamese exporters need to plan for FTA lawsuit liability

20/05/2015

HCM CITY (VNS) — New free trade agreements (FTA) will help Vietnamese companies improve access to markets and diminish costs, but they will also require strategies and policies to minimise the probability of trade lawsuits, speakers said at a seminar on global trade late last week in HCM City.

U.S. meat labelling law could be repealed after WTO ruling

20/05/2015

A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to get rid of labels on packages of meat that say where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered.

China Scraps Rare Earths Export Quota After WTO Ruling

20/05/2015

China on Wednesday told the World Trade Organization that it had scrapped a quota system limiting exports of rare earth minerals after complaints by the US, EU and Japan.