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Kadin proposes revision of anti-dumping regulation

26/10/2009

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has proposed to the government to revise a 1996 regulation on antidumping and antisubsidy duties.

Trade protectionism no savior of crisis

26/10/2009

NANNING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- When some western countries began to pin their hope of economic recovery on trade protectionism, China and the 10 ASEAN countries are immersed in the delight of embracing a free trade area which will allow goods to flow across borders freely.

(Philippines) Safeguard petitions up significantly

26/10/2009

INDUSTRIES across the world have increasingly asked their governments to block imports, causing state probes into such requests to spike by nearly a third as of September from year-ago levels, a World Bank report released on Wednesday said.

(EC) Anti-dumping duties on footwear should not be approved - GRTU

26/10/2009

The European Commission’s proposal of further extending anti-dumping duties on footwear imports from China and Vietnam should not be approved, the Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises,GRTU said.

Trade chief urges Doha conclusion

26/10/2009

SA’s chief trade negotiator, Xavier Carim, yesterday backed this week’s warning from World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general Pascal Lamy that the Doha round of trade discussions involving developing countries would not be concluded by the planned deadline next year unless there were “real exchanges between members”.

The Cost of Trade 'Enforcement'

26/10/2009

China's move to impose stiff antidumping duties on nylon imports from the U.S. this week is not by itself a sign that a bilateral trade war is imminent. But it is a clear warning of how other countries are picking up America's bad trade habits, which have been getting worse precisely when U.S. leadership is needed.

(EU) EFA condemns fallacious advertisement by footwear protectionists

26/10/2009

Yesterday’s advertisement placed in the Financial Times by the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), signed by its President, Vito Artoli calls on the EU to extend antidumping duties on Chinese and Vietnamese leather footwear imports . It is misleading and also factually incorrect in a number of statements.