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Canada unveils tariffs to safeguard from overseas steel dumping

12/10/2018

OTTAWA — Canada on Thursday unveiled new quotas and tariffs aimed at thwarting the dumping of certain steel products, and convincing the Trump administration that it won’t be used as a back door for steel from China and other low-cost producers to enter the U.S.

Mazzetta sues US Commerce Dept. in Vietnamese shrimp fee case

12/10/2018

Chicago-area importer Mazzetta Company has sued the US Commerce Department over the way it calculated the rate of anti-dumping it duty imposed on vannamei shrimp imported from Vietnam.

Vietnam reviewing AD duties on stainless steel in 4 Asian territories

12/10/2018

Fast Market reported that Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has started the final review into anti-dumping measures imposed on stainless cold-rolled steel from China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia, it announced on October 3. The review satisfies the requests for it made by domestic stainless steel manufacturers - including Posco VST and Inox Hoa Binh to the ministry on September 12. The ministry’s Department of Trade Remedies should complete the final review by July 2019, although the deadline may be extended by a maximum of three months if necessary.

China: Yuba Bikes Responds To Recent Anti-Dumping Tariffs

10/10/2018

Yuba Bicycles, maker of both electric and pedal cargo bicycles, has issued a response to the rounds of anti-dumping tariffs issued on August 10 and September 17, resulting in a 25 percent tariff to be applied to electric bikes and a 10 percent tariff to be applied to pedal bikes manufactured in China. This similarly just occurred in Europe with an anti-dumping against China of 23 percent to 183 percent in a strategic move to incentivize European assembly.

US finds dumping and subsidization of products from China

10/10/2018

The US Department of Commerce has announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of sodium gluconate, gluconic acid, and derivative products from China.

Turkey puts import quotas on steel: WTO filing

10/10/2018

GENEVA (Reuters) - Turkey will introduce quotas on the amount of steel it imports from Oct. 17, with an additional 25 percent duty levied on any imports above the quotas, it said in a filing published by the World Trade Organization on Monday, blaming a surge in imports.

Trump repeats threat of more tariffs if China retaliates on trade

10/10/2018

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his threat to impose tariffs on $267 billion worth of additional Chinese imports if China retaliates for the recent levies and other measures the United States has taken in the countries’ escalating trade war.

China: Further tariff cuts to boost trade, consumption

10/10/2018

The decision to cut import tariffs from the start of next month is expected to reduce China's overall tariff from 9.8 percent to 7.5 percent, which along with other measures will work to reduce tariffs by nearly 60 billion yuan ($8.7 billion), according to the State Council.