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Mexico and Malaysia likely locations for PV production to avoid US anti-dumping

12/06/2014

In a worst case scenario that Taiwanese solar cell producers are hit with high anti-dumping duties as part of the US investigation, Mexico and Malaysia are expected to be the most attractive destinations for companies to manufacture products destined for the US market, according to market research firm TrendForce.

India-US Solar Trade Dispute Could Turn Bitter At WTO

12/06/2014

Tuesday, June 10, 2014: Even as the dispute settlement arm of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has decided to set up a dispute settlement panel after the US complained a second time over local content requirement in India's solar energy programme, many believe the spat could turn into a larger controversy at the WTO platform.

India Dumping Duties Risk Choking Modi’s Solar Revolution

12/06/2014

The Indian government may strangle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to reap more electricity from the sun should it impose duties on solar panel imports proposed by the nation’s previous administration.

Dumping Duties other Countries also End in 2018

12/06/2014

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Contrary to the widespread assumption, also the 48.5% dumping duties levied on bikes imported from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia into the EU (with an exemption to 7 individual companies) will run op to June 2018.

Australian dairy industry calls for focus on no exemptions in Trans-Pacific Partnership as US sector threatens to walk away

12/06/2014

AUSTRALIAN dairy leaders say Trans-Pacific Partnership talks must focus on no exemptions after the US sector threatened to walk away from the deal.

Anti-Dumping Duty on imported solar gear to attract foreign investment

12/06/2014

Indian Solar Manufacturers Association has said that the imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty on imported equipment, mainly from China and Taiwan, will attract global investment in the solar gear manufacturing market in the country.

U.S. Farmers Call For Japan To Be Excluded From TPP

12/06/2014

United States farming groups are urging that, if Japan continues to insist that it should keep import duties on its ultra-sensitive agricultural products – rice, wheat, beef and pork, dairy products, and sugar and starch – it should be excluded from Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.

Philippines: Dumping duty won’t halt flour imports

12/06/2014

The imposition of the anti-dumping duty on Turkish flour is not going to deter flour imports as local traders continue to import from Turkish companies while supply from Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia are taking up whatever slack caused by the punitive import duty.