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Protectionism and disputes 'will rise'

27/02/2012

BRUSSELS - Arnoud Willems, a partner at US law firm Sidley Austin LLP, is filled with excitement these days after successfully helping Chinese shoemakers win an anti-dumping case. His clients will be compensated with millions of dollars in tax refunds.

Brazil on defensive against Asia

27/02/2012

Rapidly growing Brazil economy prepares to raise trade borders against Asian goods, as China is likely to face the strictest obstacles. Safety and quality norms will become the main tool to defend the domestic producers, a Brazilian newspaper says

Turkey cancels anti-dumping duty on Saudi petrochemical goods

27/02/2012

JEDDAH – Turkey has canceled the anti-dumping duty which some Turkish companies called for and asked Turkey to impose fees on some Saudi petrochemical products, senior Turkish sources told Al-Eqtisadiya Arabic daily.

Uruguay admits textile exports could be infringing Brazil’s antidumping rules

27/02/2012

Kreimerman who travelled to Brazil to discuss trade issues said “we have to be far more careful”, acknowledging that other items such as bed covers and blankets sold to Brazil could contain a greater percentage of Chinese components than tolerated by anti-dumping rulings effectively imposed by the government of President Dilma Rousseff.

EU May Renew Levies on Bottle Material From Asia; Korea Spared

27/02/2012

The European Union threatened to renew tariffs against five Asian nations on a chemical used by plastic-bottle mold makers such as Resilux SA (RES) and bottlers including Coca-Cola Co. (KO) while ending a levy against South Korea.

China says EU steel probe may dent efforts to help eurozone crisis

27/02/2012

China's Ministry of Commerce said it greatly disapproved of an EU countervailing duty investigation for Chinese organic-coated steel exports, citing potential repercussions that may undermine the China-EU joint response to the eurozone financial crisis.

China resents EU for steel anti-subsidy probe

27/02/2012

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's steel industry expressed its resentment of the European Union's decision to launch an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese organic-coated steel exports, an official with the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.

DOC delays setting 2010 antidumping duty rates

23/02/2012

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Commerce has extended issuing final results of the 2010 administrative review on Chinese-made wooden bedroom furniture duties by 30 days.