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WTO ban on tariffs for digital trade extended until June 2020

13/12/2019

World Trade Organization (WTO) members agreed on Tuesday to renew a 20-year moratorium on placing tariffs on digital trade for six months, allaying fears that people would have to pay duties on e-books and software for the first time

US launched anti-dumping sunset review on electrolytic manganese dioxide from China

13/12/2019

The US Department of Commerce on December 2 announced that it has launched the second anti-dumping sunset review investigation on electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) from China

US, Mexico, Canada sign USMCA trade deal

13/12/2019

Canada, Mexico and the United States have reached an agreement on a revised North American free trade pact. The deal, seen as a replacement for the 25-year-old NAFTA, is the result of more than two years of wrangling.

Threat of G20 protectionism to global trade

12/12/2019

With a good deal of its rule-based system not adhered to by mighty economies and the vision of multilateralism going off-track, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after more than a decade of its inception looks more like a monitoring body than what it was meant to be - the key global instrument for ensuring coherence and order in international trade through mitigating asymmetries among global trading patterns and practices.

US may delay China tariff hike

12/12/2019

American and Chinese negotiators are reportedly working to delay a new round of US tariffs on Chinese imports set to kick in on December 15. The Wall Street Journal says this is so they can continue talks even if they can't reach a deal by the date.

US may hit Turkish cherries with tariffs after anti-dumping probe

12/12/2019

The U.S. Department of Commerce ruled against Turkey in its anti-dumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on imports of dried tart cherries from the country, saying it found Turkish exporters had sold dried tart cherries in the U.S. at less than fair value.

Turkey: Anti-Dumping Measures To Expire Within The First Half Of 2020

12/12/2019

Within the scope of its authority to initiate dumping or subsidy examinations, the Ministry of Economy ("Ministry") has announced, through the Communiqué on the Prevention of Unfair Competition in Imports No. 2019/27, dated August 28, 2019, that two anti-dumping measures, which had been put into effect in 2014, have expired in 2019, and that several ongoing anti-dumping measures, which had been put into effect in 2015, will expire as of the first half of 2020, unless an expiry review investigation is initiated.