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EU to develop new weapons against China trade practices

11/05/2012

BRUSSELS, May 10 (Reuters) - The European Union is planning new trade defences to counter subsidies and dumping by trading partners such as China, including a more active role for its executive Commission, the bloc's trade chief said on Thursday.

Anti-dumping: EP adopts modification of Council regulation

11/05/2012

MEPs adopted at first reading the European Commission’s proposal, on 10 May, to amend a Council regulation regarding the protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community.

WTO Appoints Chang Seung Wha to Seven-Member Appellate Body

11/05/2012

The World Trade Organization appointed Chang Seung Wha, a professor in trade law at Seoul National University, to join its seven-member Appellate Body, South Korea’s Trade Ministry said in an e-mailed statement today.

India: Anti-dumping duty on viscose yarn up, weavers cry foul

11/05/2012

SURAT: Powerloom weavers and yarn importers in Surat, which houses the country's biggest man-made fibre industry, are unhappy with the Union finance ministry imposing anti-dumping duty on the import of viscose filament yarn from China.

India: Anti-dumping Duty on Illegal Import of Silk from China

11/05/2012

Import of raw silk is free as per ITC (HS) Classification for Export and Import Items. Due to dumping of raw silk from China, Anti-Dumping Duty has been imposed on some grades of Mulberry raw silk for 5 years from 6.1.2009 onwards.

Pakistan: PJMA for increasing tariff on jute yarn, twine import

11/05/2012

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Jute Mills Association (PJMA) has requested the government to increase tariff on import of jute yarn and jute twines in order to protect the domestic industry.

Research calls for reduction in trade barriers between Asia and Latin America

11/05/2012

A report produced jointly the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), highlights the growing trade relationship between the two regions, but says policy-makers can enhance this further by recuing trade barriers.

US: ITC Questionnaires Issued in Antidumping Investigation of Large Power Transformers from Korea

11/05/2012

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC or the Commission) recently issued questionnaires to gather information from industry in connection with its final injury investigation of imports of large power transformers from Korea, the last phase of the antidumping investigation that began last July. This Legal Alert outlines the status of the case and its implications for parties that have been asked to respond to the ITC questionnaires.