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Steel becomes the latest Chinese product to face tariffs

04/01/2010

Steel becomes the latest Chinese product to face tariffs Steel grating products from China are expected to face a tariff of 10 to 16 percent, the U.S. International Trade Commission indicated on Wednesday.

Russia likely to join the WTO in 2010

04/01/2010

Russia is likely to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) next year.The WTO was founded January 1, 1995 and is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in the wake of the World War II in 1947. Its goal is to liberalize global trade and to streamline trade and political relations between its member countries. It uses both tariff methods toward this end, gradually decreasing import duties, and the elimination of non-tariff barriers.

(India) IJMA calls for ban on duty-free jute imports

04/01/2010

The jute manufacturing sector which had embarked on a strike on December 13 is now in for a fresh round of shock. The flow of jute products from Bangladesh is on a rise in recent days, as no duty is levied on imports of jute goods from Bangladesh.

(Canada) Duty on B.C.-bound U.S. spuds up for review

04/01/2010

Over 20 years' worth of seasonal anti-dumping duties on U.S. potatoes imported into British Columbia are up for review yet again as the latest five-year duty comes due for expiry.

Chinese Slapped in Steel Dispute

04/01/2010

Trade Panel Rules That Subsidized Imports Damaged the U.S. Industry U.S. steelmakers won a case over Chinese steel imports, as the U.S. International Trade Commission voted that the domestic industry has been damaged by subsidized steel from China.

China to reexamine anti-dumping measures against imported optical fiber from Japan, ROK

04/01/2010

BEIJING, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- China said Thursday to conduct an reexamination of the anti-dumping measures against mostly-used optical fiber imported from Japan and the Republic of Korea.

Canada - NFU slam US farm organization

04/01/2010

NFU directors Neil Peacock and Jan Slomp issued a press release Thursday after statements attributed to both farmers from a recent meeting of 14 mostly U.S. and Mexican groups in Billings, Montana appeared Tuesday in an R-CALF release and were picked up by Canadian ag media.

Russia initiates AD re-investigation on imports of pipes from Ukraine

04/01/2010

SteelOrbis - The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to initiate an antidumping (AD) re-investigation on imports of casing, oil and gas and general purpose hot-deformed pipes with diameter up to 820 mm originating from Ukraine, in order to determine the need to review the existing AD measures.