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U.S. Targets South Korea Over Steel

14/07/2014

WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department declared Friday that South Korean steel companies and those in seven other countries were illegally dumping low-cost steel pipes and tubing into the American construction market and would be subject to additional duties.

U.S. steel producers seek to scrap Russian trade deal

14/07/2014

(Reuters) - U.S. steel producers on Thursday accused Russia of flooding the market with cheap flat-rolled steel, challenging a 15-year trade deal and potentially reigniting a decades-old dispute over imports amid heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow.

EU to examine whether to re-impose duties on U.S. Biodiesel

14/07/2014

The European Commission (EC) has decided to initiate a probe to look into the factual grounds for a potential extension of duties introduced in 2009 on biodiesel imports originating in the United States, a source told Xinhua on Thursday.

US and EU unions criticise transatlantic trade deal

11/07/2014

The largest trade unions in the US and EU are calling for protections for online privacy and the dropping of special protections for foreign investors as part of a long series of demands to secure their backing for a transatlantic trade pact.

NZ, Canada Welcome WTO Environmental Goods Talks

11/07/2014

New Zealand and Canada are to cut their import tariffs on a number of environmental goods as part of a multilateral trade pact being negotiated at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

China Imposed Anti-Dumping and Anti-Subsidization Tariffs on US Solar-Grade Polysilicon

11/07/2014

The China government has imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs on solar-grade polysilicon imported from the US, Europe and South Korea, but much of the US-produced polysilicon has been imported through export processing zones (EPZs) to evade such taxation and therefore China-based polysilicon makers have urged the China government to include polysilicon imported via EPZs in the scope of punitive taxation, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

US revises anti-dumping duties on tra fish after review

11/07/2014

HA NOI (VNS) – The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the preliminary findings on its administrative review for anti-dumping duties on tra fish fillets imported from Viet Nam.

The Abe and Abbott show: a meeting of minds and interests

11/07/2014

The ANZUS Treaty was signed 63 years ago by Australia, New Zealand and the United States, in part as a counter to the US security treaty with Japan and the final peace agreement following the end of World War II. ANZUS then was intended to stand against any possible resurgence of Japanese military power in the Asia Pacific region.