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The European Union finds it hard to agree over how to deal with China

18/04/2009

HERE is a quick way to spoil a Brussels dinner party. Simply suggest that world governance is slipping away from the G20, G7, G8 or other bodies in which Europeans may hog up to half the seats. Then propose, with gloomy relish, that the future belongs to the G2: newly fashionable jargon for a putative body formed by China and America.

Major Brazilian Steelmakers Call For Import Tariffs - Report

18/04/2009

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian major steelmakers Gerdau (GGB) and CSN (SID) have called for tariffs against cheap steel imports, the O Valor newspaper reported Thursday.

Chinese candy enters India amid ban

18/04/2009

The maker of China’s White Rabbit milk candy today said it has re-entered the export markets after six months of suspension of sales, but India insisted the ban on Chinese dairy products, including its iconic confectionery sweet, has still not been lifted.

AD lawsuits against Vietnamese firms increase

17/04/2009

Thanhnien News reported that the number of antidumping lawsuits against Vietnamese producers has increased to an alarming level as many countries try to shield their own industries amid the economic crisis.

Pipe from India angers US steel workers: NYT

17/04/2009

Washington, April 16 (IANS) Angry over import of Indian pipes for a Canada-US oil pipeline, the steel workers union is trying to galvanise a national outrage over steel imports and raising suggestions of protectionism.

Pipe Made in India Incenses Illinois Town

17/04/2009

GRANITE CITY, Ill. — Jeff Rains, a retired steelworker at the sprawling mill here, made the discovery. Out walking a month ago, he waited impatiently at a rail crossing while a freight train slowly passed, its flatbed cars stacked with steel pipes, each wide enough for a child to crawl through. Then he noticed “Made in India” stenciled on the pipes.

Ministry: China to further boost hard-hit foreign trade

17/04/2009

China's foreign trade will continue struggling due to the severe contraction of the international market and the government will adopt more policies to facilitate the country's exports and imports, according to a press release from the Ministry of Commerce on April 15.