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US Imposes Anti-Dumping Duties On Chinese Solar Cells 5/22/2012 Despite concerns that its decision may raise prices and harm the United States
alternative energy sector, the Department of Commerce has announced
a preliminary determination to impose antidumping duties on imports of crystalline
silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into solar cells, from China.
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WTO Members Ready To Revisit Doha Agenda 5/8/2012 World Trade Organisation member states have informally agreed to return to the negotiating table to progress the Doha Agenda at a pace that recognises the present crisis-time challenges for nations globally.
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Nations Air Grievances At WTO Anti-Dumping Body 5/1/2012 The World Trade Organization's Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices held a meeting with WTO members recently to present feedback on 30 anti-dumping actions taken during 2011, and to hear nations' current trade policy concerns.
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USITC Surprises With Two Rulings For Asian Exporters 4/23/2012 The United States International Trade Commission has surprised and caused
a certain amount of consternation within American industry, by ruling, twice on
the same day, that domestic manufacturers were not being harmed by imports from
their Asian competitors.
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US Explains Anti-Dumping Investigative Process 3/23/2012 As the Department of Commerce is scheduled to release shortly a series
of determinations regarding antidumping duties, when a foreign company sells
a product in the United States at less than fair value, and countervailing duties to offset the benefits of foreign government subsidies, it has issued an
explanation of how its investigative process works in that regard.
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US Congress Legitimizes Countervailing Duties 3/9/2012 On a bipartisan basis, both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives
have passed a bill to confirm that the Commerce Department can continue to apply
countervailing duties to non-market economies, such as China.
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US Bill To Legitimize US Countervailing Duties 3/5/2012 In a move that was said to be critical to levelling the playing field for United
States businesses facing unfairly subsidized imports, bipartisan legislation has
been introduced in Congress which confirms that the Commerce Department can continue
to apply countervailing duties to non-market economies, such
as China.
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WTO Announces Progress On Trade Disputes 2/28/2012 The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body at its meeting
on February 22, 2012, established a panel to examine US anti-dumping measures
on Korean steel products, and adopted a report in respect of China's export restraints
on certain raw materials.
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US Slaps Duties On Korean Power Transformers 2/28/2012 The US Department of Commerce has announced the introduction of anti-dumping duties following an investigation into South Korean large power transformers.
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Brazilian Poultry Exporters Challenge South African Anti-Dumping 2/17/2012 The Brazilian Union of Agriculture has begun lobbying for action
to be taken at World Trade Organisation level against anti-dumping measures in
place in South Africa to restrict Brazilian chicken exports.
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WTO Establishes Three Trade Dispute Panels 2/1/2012 The World Trade Organization has confirmed the creation of two panels to mediate
on cases relating to Chinese anti-dumping and countervailing duties, and a third
to examine Canadian support to local manufacturers of clean-tech products in cases
brought by the European Union and Japan.
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China Slams US Countervailing Duties 12/27/2011 Following the decision of the United States Federal Court of Appeals against US
countervailing duties, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued a statement
condemning their use against Chinese imports over the last five years.
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WTO Launches New Trade Policy Resource 12/19/2011 The World Trade Organization has announced the launch of a newly-developed application
that will provide users with online access to comprehensive trade policy information that has been notified to the Organisation by member states.
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WTO Members Resisting Protectionism 11/24/2011 The World Trade Organisation has published its annual report on developments in
the international trading environment, which comprehensively tracks measures implemented by nations over the past twelve months
that restrict or liberalize global trade.
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Australia Urges Global Rethink Of Doha Agenda 11/17/2011 After a decade of inconclusive talks, the Australian government has called for a rethink on the Doha Round negotiations led by the World Trade Organization that would join all WTO members in a binding commitment on further reductions of trade tariffs and prohibitive trade regulations.
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China Welcomes WTO Shoe Tariff Ruling 11/2/2011 China has welcomed the findings of the World Trade Organisation's Dispute Settlement
Body that the European Union's application of anti-dumping duties contravened
trade law, in a recent judgment partially in favour of the nation.
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China Targets Anti-Dumping Duties At US, EU, Japan 8/15/2011 China’s Ministry of Commerce has decided to impose provisional anti-dumping
measures on imports of photographic paper and paper board originating in the European
Union, the United States and Japan.
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EU Outlines Doha Position 8/1/2011 Any Doha package delivered by the end of the year must only be the first stage in securing a full set of agreements on the Round's agenda, the European Union has said.
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World Bank Head Urges On Doha 7/19/2011 World Trade Organization members must be bolder in their approach to the Doha Round, 'thinking ahead and thinking big', according to the president of the World Bank.
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China Retaliates Against EU With New Duties 5/17/2011 Almost immediately after the imposition by the European Union of anti-subsidy
and anti-dumping duties against imports of Chinese coated fine paper, the Chinese
Ministry of Commerce has announced anti-subsidy duties on European imports into
China of potato starch.
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EU Slaps Its First Anti-Subsidy Duties On China 5/17/2011 Following a 15-month investigation in the first-ever anti-subsidy proceeding
launched by the European Union against China, the EU has decided to impose
countervailing and anti-dumping duties against imports of Chinese coated fine
paper.
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China Extends Rubber Anti-Dumping Duties 5/13/2011 The Chinese government has announced that it has extended for five years anti-dumping
duties in place since 2005 on chloroprene rubber imports from Japan, the United
States and the European Union.
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Vanuatu's WTO Accession Draws Closer 5/3/2011 After nearly 16 years of negotiations, Vanuatu's application for membership of the World Trade Organization looks set for completion following the approval of an accession package.
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Credibility Of WTO Endangered, Warns Lamy 3/28/2011 The Director-General of the World Trade Organization,Pascal Lamy, said in a speech to the Annual
Session of the Parliamentary Conference that nations must do everything
in their power to ensure the success of the Doha Round or risk a 'catastrophic
weakening to the credibility of the WTO.'
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Lamy Concerned For Doha Progress 3/17/2011 The World Trade Organisation's director general has once again stressed that progress on the Doha Round is too slow, and warned that targets are unlikely to be met, which will in turn damage negotiations.
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WTO Rules Against US In Zeroing Dispute 1/26/2011 The Republic of South Korea has claimed a victory in a World Trade Organization
dispute dating back to 2009, over the calculation by the United States of anti-dumping duties, placed primarily on Korean steel.
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Canada Hits Back At US In Lumber Spat 1/21/2011 Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Peter Van Loan, has responded
to the United States's decision to initiate arbitration proceedings with the nation over a dispute regarding the implementation of pricing mechanisms prescribed in the Softwood Lumber Agreement.
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Vietnam, EU To Begin Full FTA Talks 1/13/2011 During his visit to Hanoi, Sean Doyle, European Union Ambassador and head
of its delegation to Vietnam, disclosed that negotiations on a bilateral free
trade agreement with Vietnam would begin this year.
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BMF Pressures EC To Lower Fibreglass Duty 12/31/2010 Following lobbying from the British Marine Federation earlier in 2010, the organization
has welcomed the announcement that the proposed anti-dumping levy to be imposed
on Chinese fibreglass products, originally to have been introduced at a rate of 43.6%,
will now be introduced at the lesser rate of 13.8%.
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WTO Rules On Sino-US Disputes 10/29/2010 The World Trade Organisation dispute settlement panel has ruled on a number of issues which sour trade relations between China and the US, mainly in favour of the US. However China continues to complain of being a “main target” of section 337 investigations.
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WTO Warns Against US Protectionism 10/5/2010 Following its tenth Trade Policy Review of the United States, the World Trade
Organisation has concluded that, while the US trade and investment regimes
are amongst the most open in the world, there have been some indications of protectionist
tendencies, which should be avoided.
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EC Acts Against Alleged US Biodiesel Dumping 8/17/2010 The European Commission has initiated an anti-circumvention investigation concerning US biodiesel exports to the European Union, following a complaint lodged by the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) in June.
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WTO To Mediate Trade Disputes 5/26/2010 The World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body has established panels in respect of the US use of ‘zeroing’ on products
from Korea and Vietnam, and to examine EU anti-dumping measures on Chinese shoe imports.
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EC Demands Removal Of Chinese Duties 5/19/2010 The European Commission has initiated discussions with China for the removal of
anti-dumping duties on steel and iron fasteners, introduced by China in December
2009.
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EU Launches Chinese Subsidy Probe 4/21/2010 The European Commission has launched an investigation into allegations that China has provided its paper industry with subsidies that have allowed manufacturers to sell to the European Union market below European cost price, a practice known as dumping.
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Argentina, China Clash On Trade 4/9/2010 Chinese importers have been cancelling Argentine soy oil contracts after being told by China's State Quarantine Bureau that strict inspections would start on April 1, seemingly in retaliation for anti-dumping measures against Chinese textile, shoe and steel pipe exports.
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