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Ocean Anti-Dumping Law Upheld

25/11/2008

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a Michigan law designed to prevent oceangoing freight ships from bringing invasive species to the Great Lakes.

Insufficient evidence to initiate dumping charges against Vietnam

25/11/2008

U.S. Department of Commerce officials today announced that, after reviewing the third six months of data from the monitoring program of apparel imports from Vietnam, there is insufficient evidence to warrant self-initiating an antidumping investigation. This program began upon Vietnam’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in January 2007.

Hot-rolled coil import put under restricted list

25/11/2008

NEW DELHI: Responding to demand made by the domestic steel industry for measures to check cheap imports from China, the government, on Friday,restricted the import of hot-rolled coils which was so far being freely imported.

‘Govt will protect industry from import surge’

25/11/2008

New Delhi, Nov. 21 The Government may in the next few days come up with slew of administrative steps including the introduction of temporary licensing regime for import of select items as part of its efforts to protect the domestic industry from any surge in imports.

US steel industry urges government to stand up to China

25/11/2008

United Steelworkers, American Iron & Steel Institute, Steel Manufacturer's Association, Specialty Steel Industry of North America and Committee on Pipe & Tube Imports have announced the following joint statement:

Tyre imports from China may increase to 82%

25/11/2008

According to Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association, inflationary pressures in the domestic arena and lower import duties have boosted import of tyres from China, which comes at a much cheaper price compared to Indian tyres.

Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not In Harmony With Final Results of Administrative R

25/11/2008

On November 5, 2008, the United States Court of International Trade ("CIT") sustained the remand redetermination issued by the Department of Commerce (the "Department") pursuant to the CIT's remand order in the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People's Republic of China ("PRC").

Subsidise sustainable energy technologies

25/11/2008

Chennai: Government intervention and policy structure are necessary to develop the correct ‘pull’ in the alternative energy space, urges a new book. “Fiscal incentives by way of rationalised import duties, concession in various taxes and direct subsidies can be used,” suggest Amitav Mallik, Nitant Mate, and Devayani Bhave in ‘Renewable Energy Technologies: Special focus on distributed power generation’