Steel maker Hoa Sen Group has said its business will not be affected by the US Department of Commerce’s preliminary ruling on the circumvention inquiries it made into Vietnamese cold-rolled steel and corrosion-resistant steel exports.
Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, has vowed to fight the European Union over plans to restrict the use of palm oil in biofuels as the bloc looks to limit the materials that can be regarded as renewable energy sources.
Textile, garment and footwear products made in Việt Nam will not enjoy immediate tariff cuts after the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect, according to a report from Bảo Việt Securities Joint Stock Company (BVSC).
It also demanded that “steel should be supplied to the downstream industry at a price that must at least be equal to the price, at which the domestic steel mills export the metal.”
Japan's export restrictions on advanced tech materials that could undermine South Korea's production of semiconductors will be formally discussed at the World Trade Organization, South Korea's commerce ministry said Sunday.
The US-China trade war has continued for almost a year, but its effectiveness in preventing some Chinese origin products reaching the US may not be as great as it seems
The conflict between South Korea and Japan triggered by Japan’s restrictions on exports of key semiconductor materials shows signs of escalating into “a tariff war.”
The antidumping measure introduced by the United States for hot-rolled steel breaches its obligations in WTO, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development told reporters on Tuesday.