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China Manufactures Alliance responds to preliminary anti-dumping decision

23/02/2008

Last week's preliminary decision by the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) to impose antidumping duties on imports of new pneumatic OTR tires from China was quickly supported by both the United Steelworkers and Titan Tire Corp.

EU starts dumping probe of Chinese candles, steel

23/02/2008

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union trade inspectors have launched investigations into whether imports from China of candles and some steel products are being dumped, raising the prospect of further trade tensions within the bloc.

US wants India to bring down import duties on motorbikes, pistachios and chocolates

23/02/2008

NEW DELHI: The US is going to make a last-ditch effort to convince India to bring down import duties on a host of products including high-capacity motorbikes, pistachios and chocolates in the bilateral trade policy forum (TPF) meeting in Chicago just a week before finance minister P Chidambaram presents the Union Budget for 2008-09.

US workers group says antidumping duty on China tires a good step

23/02/2008

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - US labor group United Steelworkers (USW) welcomed a preliminary decision by the US Commerce Department to impose antidumping duties on imports of new pneumatic off-the-road (OTR) tires from China, saying it will 'help level the playing field'.

Senators Oppose Market Economy Treatment of Individual Chinese Companies in AD Investigations

23/02/2008

A bi-partisan group of senators led by John Rockefeller (Democrat-West Virginia) urged the Department of Commerce on 24 January to abandon a proposal that could extend market-economy treatment to individual respondents in anti-dumping proceedings involving China. The group includes 10 members of the prestigious Finance Committee (Sens. Rockefeller, Snowe, Schumer, Bunning, Conrad, Stabenow, Lincoln, Salazar, Kerry and Bingaman), which has jurisdiction over trade matters, but does not include the two more powerful members of the committee (Sens. Baucus and Grassley).

More tough fights in store for China at WTO

23/02/2008

SHANGHAI (AFP) — China can expect more tough fights at the WTO after its landmark defeat on car-part tariffs, as countries fed up with its practices will look to the global trade body for help, experts said Thursday.

FMCGs may gain from duty cut on packaging material

23/02/2008

NEW DELHI: In a move that could give a fillip to the fast-moving consumer goods industry, the finance ministry is considering reducing central excise on packaging material to 8% from the current 16%.

Chinese Duties on Car Parts Break Trade Law, WTO Says

23/02/2008

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese duties on imported car parts are illegal, the World Trade Organization said, backing the U.S. and the European Union in China's first defeat at the WTO, a person familiar with the matter said.