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NAFTA investigates duties on U.S. apples in Mexico

19/11/2009

A North American Free Trade Agreement panel is requiring Mexico to use newer price data to justify continuing an antidumping duty on U.S. red and golden delicious apples.

Free-Trade Greenshoots

19/11/2009

There are signs that governments are resisting the temptation to impose protectionist measures.

Europe’s SMEs call on EC to drop footwear duties

19/11/2009

Small and medium-sized footwear companies across the European Union are calling on EU Member States to take immediate action to save the European footwear sector.

Britons Plead for End to Asia Shoe Duties

19/11/2009

Merchants in Britain are urging the EU not to extend protectionist tariffs against shoe imports from China and Vietnam that they say hurt consumers and free trade

US AD duty on pipes to hit Panzhihua New Steel badly

19/11/2009

China Metallurgical News reported that US Department of Commerce has made a preliminary decision on imposing as mush as 99.14 percentage antidumping duties on oil pipes imported from China days ago, if possible, nearly 90 domestic steelmakers, like Tianjin Steel Pipe, Baosteel and Angang etc will suffer great impacts from this antidumping case.

This Economics is Tricky Stuff

19/11/2009

The Obama Administration has decided that Asia matters. Driven primarily by the specter of emerging Chinese economic might, the President is nonetheless embracing the region as a whole.

Kenda to move China radial capacity to Taiwan

19/11/2009

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 16, 2009) — Taiwan’s Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd., reacting to the recent imposition of 35-percent antidumping duties on Chinese-made consumer tires, will move some radial passenger and light truck tire capacity to Taiwan from a plant in China in the coming six to 12 months.

Obama In China Faces Tensions on Trade And Tibet

17/11/2009

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama faces tensions with China over trade and Tibet on his first visit to the emerging superpower for a summit that will grapple with economic imbalances and the future of the yuan currency.