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Australia weighs U.S., Europe-style tariffs on Chinese solar

27/03/2015

(Reuters) - Australia will decide within weeks whether to follow the United States and Europe by imposing tariffs on solar panels imported from China, after Australia's only manufacturer accused Chinese rivals of selling below cost to steal its customers.

U.S.DOC lowers antidumping duties on Chinese tires

27/03/2015

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration has lowered the preliminary antidumping duties it issued earlier this year against all but one of 68 manufacturers, importers and distributors of passenger and light truck tires from China.

What is the difference between Antidumping and Countervailing duties?

27/03/2015

Antidumping and Countervailing duties essentially seek to remedy the same problem: artificially low priced imports. The root cause of the artificially low price is what differentiates antidumping and countervailing duties.

South Korea: Trade commission likely to impose anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese steel beams

26/03/2015

SEJONG, March 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade commission is widely expected to recommend imposing punitive duties on Chinese steel beam imports as it has decided price dumping of Chinese products has caused significant damage to local manufacturers, officials said Friday.

EU sets to impose anti-dumping duties against stainless steel imports from China, Taiwan

26/03/2015

It's reported that EU will impose anti-dumping duties later this months on imports of stainless steel cold rolled flat products from China and Taiwan at 25% and 12% respectively.

WTO Tax Dispute Between EU, Russia to Be Resolved Through Talks

25/03/2015

The European Union in February asked the WTO establish a dispute settlement panel, claiming that Russia's high import duties on a range of goods hamper EU trade.

These TPP safeguards won't protect us from ISDS

25/03/2015

Forget footnotes, qualifications and special exemptions - if Australia wants to be safeguarded from investor-state dispute settlements it must reject their presence in the TPP entirely, writes Kyla Tienhaara.

Meat industry backs WTO complaint

25/03/2015

New Zealand meat industry is backing a Government move to take a complaint to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over Indonesian restrictions on beef imports.