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US slaps more duties on China refrigerator magnets

28/04/2008

United States - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will impose additional duties of up to 185.3 percent on refrigerator magnets from China that are being sold in the United States at unfairly low prices, the U.S. Commerce Department said Monday in a preliminary decision.

US SUB-PRIME WOES SLOWS GROWTH OF CHINA'S TEXTILES TRADE

28/04/2008

BEIJING, Apr 25, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- -- Affected by the subprime crisis in the United States, China's textiles export to its largest market slipped into a downward trend at the end of 2007.

Court to rule on trade law allowing tariffs on cheap imports

28/04/2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will rule on a case that could make it harder for U.S. companies to obtain protective tariffs on low-priced foreign goods.

Scotland urges EU to keep salmon trade prote

28/04/2008

BRUSSELS, April 23 (Reuters) - Scottish authorities appealed to the European Commission on Wednesday not to axe anti-dumping measures that protect its salmon farmers from fierce Norwegian competition.

Industrialists call for 35% AD duty on Chinese goods

25/04/2008

India - Exim News Service reported that industrialists have called upon the union government to impose a 35% anti dumping duty on capital goods imported from China to offset the indirect subsidy that the Chinese provide their industry by way of a fixed exchange rate.

US clamps down on seafood laundering

25/04/2008

Kochi, Apr 20 A spurt in the laundering of seafood through third-party countries for evasion of duties is likely to lead to stricter controls by the US, including DNA tracing, experts said.

No common ground on controlling steel prices

25/04/2008

Ministries of finance, steel, commerce and mines fail to agree on taxing ore exports, curbing steel prices

It’s time Europe stopped crying “foul” to justify its protectionism

25/04/2008

Defending the European economy against unfair international trade practices has long been a key element of EU external policies. It is almost an instinct among some politicians and business leaders that if competition is deemed unfair the European Commission should be asked to marshal new trade defences. Yet, the concept of trade defences is problematic in today’s globalised economy.