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EU looks into extending import controls on Chinese solar panels

21/06/2018

BRUSSELS: The European Commission is examining whether to extend measures to control imports of solar panels from China, a move that could fuel tensions with Beijing which had welcomed plans to phase them ouin September.

China Slaps Anti-Dumping Duties on Hydroiodic Acid From US, Japan

21/06/2018

(Yicai Global) June 19 -- China’s commerce ministry has brought in duties on imports of hydroiodic acid from the US and Japan after an anti-dumping investigation found that the imports had caused substantial damage to the domestic industry.

China Targets U.S. Farm Imports With Tariffs on Soybeans, Corn

19/06/2018

Trade tensions between the U.S. and China ratcheted higher after the Asian nation said it will follow through on plans to levy tariffs on a range of American farm goods including soybeans and corn.

Why China is threatening tariffs on Alaska seafood

19/06/2018

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) — Gov. Bill Walker is modifying his trip to Washington, D.C. next week to include discussions on the looming trade war between the United States and China — where just weeks ago, Walker led an Alaska delegation on a mission to expand trade ties.

China execs say processing, re-export sector safe from 25% tariffs

19/06/2018

Chinese firms importing, processing and re-exporting Alaska salmon, pollock, cod and other US seafood said they will not be hit with 25% tariffs the former plans to impose on a raft of seafood products from the latter.

Brazil hopeful Chinese import measures on poultry will be lifted soon

19/06/2018

China has imposed punitive measures against Brazilian chicken imports after preliminary results of a government investigation found Brazil had been dumping chickens on the Chinese market – hurting the domestic industry.

Chinese exporters threaten Taiwanese steel sector

19/06/2018

Taiwan reported that Taiwan's International Trade Commission has found certain that Chinese steel products sold to Taiwan pose a "threat of material injury" to the local steel industry and could face punitive duties. The ITC launched an investigation into Chinese exporters of five particular steel products carbon cold rolled steel, stainless hot rolled steel, carbon steel plant, galvanized steel and stainless cold rolled in April.

Trump approves tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods and takes his trade war to a whole new level

19/06/2018

President Donald Trump imposed fresh tariffs on $50 billion worth of imports from China in a step that further escalates the president's burgeoning trade offensive that has targeted many of the US's closest partners.