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Trade barriers: EU removes record number in response to surge in protectionism

28/06/2018

The annual report on Trade and Investment Barriers, released on 26/06/2018, shows that the European Commission has eliminated the highest number ever of trade barriers faced by EU companies doing business abroad. European exporters reported a major increase in protectionism in 2017.

Steel users file suit over Trump tariff

28/06/2018

WASHINGTON – A new 25 percent tariff on imported steel faces a legal challenge from the American Institute for International Steel.
The trade group and two of its members – SIM-TEX of Texas and Kurt Orban Partners of California – filed suit Wednesday in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York.

Tariff on Chinese products not to affect Sino-Pak trade ties

28/06/2018

BEIJING: Pakistan’s recent decision imposing anti-dumping duties on color-coated coil imports from China will not affect the growing Sino-Pak deep-rooted relationship, says a report published in the Global Times on Wednesday.

US trade judge deals Mazzetta setback in Vietnamese shrimp fee case

28/06/2018

The Commerce Department has less than 60 days to better explain how it applied an antidumping duty of 4.78% on Vietnamese shrimp in 2014, but it’s received a thumbs up to keep using its current approach for setting such duties.

Iron, steel exports face most trade-defense lawsuits

28/06/2018

Vietnamese exports have been subject to an increasing number of protectionist measures overseas, and most of the trade-defense lawsuits have been filed against Vietnamese iron and steel exports, officials said.

Vietnam's loss is India's gain as US regulates illegal shrimp imports

28/06/2018

The US’s move to introduce measures to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and misrepresented seafood from entering the country is likely to help Indian shrimp exports because new regulations will hurt exports from Vietnam, India's main competitor.

China raises taxes on US styrene shipments

26/06/2018

China's Ministry of Commerce will impose anti-dumping measures on imported styrene from three sources including the US, South Korea and the Taiwan region, starting tomorrow, state media reported.

China confirms final antidumping duties on imported styrene

26/06/2018

The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) announced the final ruling results of the styrene monomer anti-dumping duties (ADD) investigation June 22, with some U.S. companies facing the implementation of duties of up to 55 percent.