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Rising protectionism, A timely old tale

09/02/2009

The European Union is right to challenge the "Buy American" clause in the economic recovery package currently before the U.S. Congress.

Bangladesh to fight Brazil's anti-dumping duty on yarn export

09/02/2009

DHAKA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh is planning to fight a 16 percent anti-dumping duty Latin American economic giant Brazil imposed on its jute yarn last year, leading English daily The Financial Express reported on Thursday.

WTO top court again condemns U.S. dumping measure

09/02/2009

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organisation's top court backed the European Union on Wednesday in its challenge of a U.S. method for dealing with unfairly priced imports, confirming a series of previous rulings.

The dangers of trade protectionism

09/02/2009

A clause in the US economic package which President Barak Obama hopes to get approved by the Senate has raised fears that the world will revert to protectionist measures witnessed during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

China may ask for WTO probe into India's toy ban

09/02/2009

The Chinese government is mulling a response to India's recent ban on Chinese toy imports and will probably ask the World Trade Organization to investigate whether the ban violates WTO laws, said a person close to the issue on condition of anonymity.

EU Implements New Anti-Dumping Duty

09/02/2009

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union has implemented a new anti-dumping duty. Earlier this year, Bike Europe already published the European Commission’s proposal to levy a 85% anti-dumping duty on iron or steel ‘fasteners’

Flaws emerge in global web of treaties

09/02/2009

Two names have been invoked more than any others during the current outburst of fear about protectionism: Willis Hawley and Reed Smoot, the US lawmakers whose eponymous 1930 bill raised national trade tariffs across the board.

Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada files anti-dumping complaint against China and Vietnam

05/02/2009

MONTREAL, Feb. 2 /CNW/ - The Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada(SMAC) has filed a complaint based on the Special Import Measures Act SIMA) with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).