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Guatemala says Peru breaks trade rules, takes it to WTO

18/04/2013

GENEVA, April 15 (Reuters) - Peru is illegally protecting its farmers against falls in global commodity markets, according to Guatemala, which has launched a challenge against Peru's policy at the World Trade Organization.

EU welcomes registration of Argentine, Indonesian imports

18/04/2013

The European Commission published a regulation making Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel imports subject to registration in frame of an anti-subsidy complaint. This decision supports the arguments drawn by European biodiesel industry that policy-based differential export taxes (DETs) play a distortive role in international trade.

India: Dumping duty on plaster boards from China, 3 other nations

18/04/2013

The Finance Ministry has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on certain gypsum plaster boards imported from China, Indonesia, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.

Braskem initiates anti-dumping investigation into PP imports from India, South Korea and South Africa

18/04/2013

Brazils’ Federal Secretary of Foreign Trade (Secex) has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of polypropylene resin from India, South Korea and South Africa, following a complaint from local petrochemical giant Braskem that it's being harmed by low-cost imports, as per Plastemart.

COMESA: Non-tariff barriers fueling high cost of business in Southern Africa

18/04/2013

LUSAKA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Africa's largest trading bloc -- the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) -- has said non-tariff barriers were contributing to the high cost of business in the region, the Post of Zambia reported on Thursday

Indonesia scraps horticultural import quotas to head off U.S. spat

16/04/2013

JAKARTA, April 12 (Reuters) - Indonesia will scrap import quantity limits on horticultural products, the trade ministry said on Friday, as it looks to head off a World Trade Organization trade spat with the United States.

Vietnamese catfish firms file lawsuit against DOC

16/04/2013

Some Vietnamese catfish exporters have lodged a lawsuit to the US Court of International Trade in protest against what they say is an unfair decision by the US Department of Commerce in determining the anti-dumping tariffs on their exports to the country.

EU to track more Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel imports

16/04/2013

BRUSSELS, April 11 (Reuters) - The European Union will register more imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia from Friday, making it more likely that the bloc will place duties on the two countries in the coming months.