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(USA) Feds plan to review shrimp tariffs

02/12/2009

BATON ROUGE — In just two months, President Barack Obama’s administration will decide if the anti-dumping orders placed on the shrimp industries of five foreign nations should remain in place to protect fishermen and processors.

(EU) Bloc may nail duties for 15 more months

02/12/2009

In the latest anti-dumping case against China, the executive body of the European Union (EU) will submit a proposal this week to extend the duration of taxes on exports of Chinese as well as Vietnamese leather shoes, according to an unnamed Ministry of Commerce official.

U.S. Trade Commission Final Hearing Dec. 1 on OCTG China Pipe

02/12/2009

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The final public hearing in the pending trade case against dumped and subsidized China pipe imports known as oil country tubular goods (OCTG), begins Dec. 1 at 9:30 a.m. before the six-member U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

Trade probes will not have long-term impact on China

02/12/2009

BEIJING, Nov. 30 -- Growing trade conflicts between China and the European Union will not erode trade cooperation and economic dependence in the long term, said experts and officials.

Taiwan seeking safeguards in China trade pact

02/12/2009

The Taiwanese government will adopt measures to cushion any potential negative impacts on industries from a planned controversial trade agreement with China, an official here said on Monday

German biodiesel firms say U.S. imports escape duty

02/12/2009

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's biodiesel industry, Europe's largest, is suffering from cheap U.S. imports of the green fuel which evade punitive European Union import duties, industry leaders said on Monday.

EU exec asks ministers to extend Asian shoe duties

02/12/2009

December to extend dumping duties on shoes from China and Vietnam, despite rejection of the plan by a key EU trade panel, EU officials said on Monday.

China begins anti-dumping checks on chloroform

02/12/2009

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Commerce has begun a year-long anti-dumping investigation into chloroform from the United States, Europe and South Korea, it said this weekend.