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U.S. worried about ‘Make in India’ rule

19/01/2015

A co-operation agreement between India and the U.S. on “clean” or renewable energy, set to be one of the highlights of President Barack Obama’s forthcoming visit to India, has run into U.S. concerns over the government’s ‘Make in India’ plan.

DGS against imposing safeguard duty on flexible slabstock polyol import

18/01/2015

NEW DELHI: A Finance Ministry unit is not in favour of imposing safeguard duty on import of a substance used in manufacture of pillows and mattresses after its probe found that high imports were not hitting domestic producers.

India ramps up rare earths production to meet Chinese challenge

17/01/2015

In the wake of China’s growing global dominance over rare earth supplies, increasing supplies by India would be good news for countries like Japan, which have been trying to get rid of dependence on China for imports

Gov’t may negotiate after WTO ruling

17/01/2015

Following the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) rejection of Argentina’s bid to overturn a ruling in favour of the United States, the European Union (EU) and Japan, Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich has said that the government will seek to “establish bilateral negotiation criteria” with the complainants, and that for the moment the country’s import rules are still in force.

U.S. cane refiners ask gov't to resume Mexico sugar probe -filing

16/01/2015

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Louis Dreyfus Commodities' Imperial Sugar Co and AmCane Sugar LLC have asked the U.S. government to continue its anti-dumping and countervailing investigations on sugar from Mexico, according to U.S. Department of Commerce filings.

Appellate Body report in US-China dispute over countervailing measures adopted

16/01/2015

China believed that the Appellate Body (AB) findings, together with the unappealed panel findings, constituted an emphatic rejection of the United States’ entire analytical framework for determining the existence of alleged input subsidies.

WTO rules against Argentina on imports

16/01/2015

Global trade body rejects gov’t appeal in a ruling that favours US, EU and Japan

Pork Council Continues COOL Outreach Activity

16/01/2015

CANADA - The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) is pleased to have participated with its Canadian government and livestock industry partners in meetings with US agriculture representatives in the ongoing effort to see the country-of-origin labelling (COOL) dispute brought to a mutually agreed resolution.