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The DOC's anti dumping duties hurt the US solar industry
27/12/2014
In response to a complaint by SolarWorld, on December 17 the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced new anti-dumping and countervailing duties against “Chinese” solar companies and their third country suppliers. This is not as simple as one might expect. It is not certain if Chinese manufacturers will suffer. Jigar Shah, President of the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) and founder of SunEdison (NASDAQ: SUNE), says the DOC’s anti-dumping duties hurt the US solar industry.
South Korea to extend antidumping duty on Chinese ceramic tiles
25/12/2014
SEOUL: South Korea’s trade commission decided Wednesday to extend antidumping duties on ceramic tiles from China for three more years. The Korea Trade Commission under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy decided to impose antidumping tariff of 9.07 to 29.41 percent on ceramic tiles imported from China for three more years.
EU Opens a New WTO Dispute against U.S. over Boeing Subsidies
25/12/2014
The European Union launched a new trade dispute at the World Trade Organization due to the American subsidies for the Boeing Company. Brussels says that the United States was giving “millions of dollars” in unjust subsidies to help Boeing construct its new 777X jet. The Boeing Company is a multinational corporation that designs, produces, and sells airplanes, rockets, satellites, and rotorcrafts. It is among the largest aircraft producers and the second biggest defense contractor in the world.
Anti-dumping duties: No hope for non-market economy?
24/12/2014
Why have Vietnam Tra and Basa fish products unceasingly been subject to anti-dumping duties? Is it because the US has not recognized Vietnam as a market economy or is it the fate developing countries, including Vietnam, must accept when joining in the free-trade playground in which the US overwhelms?.
Vietnam – Korea to Sign FTA in 2015
23/12/2014
Recently in Busan, South Korea, Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick signed a Memorandum of Agreement to conclude negotiations on the Vietnam – South Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA). The Memorandum of Agreement was signed in the presence of the Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung and President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye, on the occasion of the commemorative summit marking 25 years of ASEAN-RoK relations.Korea will liberalise 95 percent of tariff lines
India’s trade barriers worsening
23/12/2014
