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Vietnam may get mkt economy tag

15/09/2009

NEW DELHI: The government is considering recognising Vietnam as a market economy after Hanoi had insisted that it would be a signatory to the recent India-Asean FTA only if New Delhi gives the trade status where prices of goods and services are determined by the forces of demand and supply.

EU importers: no anti-dumping measures on Vietnamese shoes

15/09/2009

A European importers' association on September 11 urged the European Union to remove its anti-dumping duties against Vietnamese and Chinese leather shoes.

Carbon black can be freely imported: DGFT

15/09/2009

NEW DELHI: Import of carbon black, used in tyre manufacturing, has been simplified as the government has removed restrictions on wheeling in the product. The import of the product falls under free policy, a notification by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said.

Bid to curb import of Chinese phone gear

15/09/2009

New Delhi, Sept. 11: The commerce ministry today sought high anti-dumping duty on the import of a type of telecom equipment from China and Israel that were used for voice and data transmission.

US panel OKs probe of bricks from China, Mexico

15/09/2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel voted Friday to allow a Commerce Department investigation into charges Mexico and China are selling steel factory furnace bricks in the United States at unfairly low prices.

Implications of the Recent Steel Line Pipe Anti-Dumping Case

15/09/2009

Like many folks who write blogs, we use Google alerts for certain key words on a daily basis to keep tabs on news happenings involving events that may impact metal buying communities. This week, however, I have been on the road and therefore tend to rely a bit more on these alerts than I normally do (reading time tends to get a bit limited). So yesterday, when I received 6 alerts on anti-dumping, I knew the story had to involve either: the tire WTO case in which President Obama will have to make a decision by September 17 or a ruling of one sort or another on either the steel line pipe case or OCTG.

Florida citrus industry fights Brazil over dumping issues

15/09/2009

Florida Citrus Mutual continues to fight Brazil over claims that the country dumps orange juice in the U.S.

Importers urge EU to end dumping tax on Chinese shoes

14/09/2009

BRUSSELS — A European importers' association urged the European Union on Friday to scrap its anti-dumping duties against Chinese and Vietnamese shoes, ahead of a decision on whether to prolong the measures.