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India to lodge anti-dumping lawsuit against Vietnam’s plastics machine exports

27/10/2014

India’s directorate general of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) plans to lodge an anti-dumping lawsuit against plastics processing machines and injection moulding machines imported from the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam.

EU to exempt JR companies from world trade rules

27/10/2014

The European Union (EU) has agreed to omit three of Japan’s biggest rail companies from an international trade agreement in the hope that it will open up the Japanese market to European suppliers.

China to repeal coal tariff after FTA

27/10/2014

China has promised to repeal the newly introduced tariff on Australia coal imports once a free trade agreement between the two countries is finalised.Treasurer Joe Hockey met with Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei in Beijing today ahead of the APEC Finance Minister’s meeting tomorrow.

WTO to establish panel to probe into EU-Russia dispute on vehicles import duties

27/10/2014

The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced on Monday afternoon that a panel is to be established to probe into the dispute between the European Union(EU) and Russia on anti-dumping duties imposed by the latter on Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) from Germany and Italy.

U.S. risks trade sanctions in WTO meat label dispute

27/10/2014

The United States faces potential trade sanctions from Canada and Mexico after the World Trade Organization ruled on Monday it had failed to bring its meat labeling regulations fully in line with international fair trading rules.

EU officially decides not to pursue "trade defense probe" into Chinese telecom equipment

27/10/2014

The European Commission on Monday took the official decision that it no longer considers it necessary to pursue the "trade defense investigation" into Chinese telecommunications equipment.

No WTO Judgment In Tobacco Packaging Dispute Until At Least 2016

22/10/2014

The World Trade Organization will not rule on a legal challenge to Australia's landmark tobacco packaging laws until at least the first half of 2016, the panel of judges said on Tuesday, a delay that could slow anti-tobacco laws elsewhere.

Japan refuses to eliminate agricultural tariffs, and spikes the TPP

22/10/2014

The Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement in in trouble, and one of the reasons is Japan has refused to eliminate agricultural tariffs. Japan is entirely correct in this.