Trade Remedies

AFP reports: China said Monday it would levy anti-subsidy duties of up to 11.19 percent on imports of EU potato starch, in apparent retaliation over Brussels' decision to slap taxes on Chinese fine art paper. The commerce ministry said in a statement that importers of potato starch will

From the WSJ, this time it's the EU imposing both anti-dumping and countervailing duties: China said Saturday the European Union's move to slap tariffs on imports of Chinese coated fine paper is against the world trade organization principle and it will take measures to protect local

Trade lawyer Daniel Moulis reports on proposed changes to Australia's anti-dumping and countervailing duty law here.  There's a lot going on with these proposals, but here's one aspect I thought was particularly interesting: ... a private Member’s bill has been introduced into Parliament with

Via a tradelawnews tweet, I came across this WSJ article: Some U.S. furniture makers and their lawyers have found a reliable way to extract cash from Chinese competitors deemed by U.S. officials to have "dumped" their products in the U.S., selling them at unfairly low

Reuters reports on the interim report in DS397 (EC - AD Measures on Fasteners): In particular [the Panel] rejected the EU's approach to non-market economies, which effectively applies a single anti-dumping duty to the whole country rather than for individual firms, unless they can prove that they are

Australia has just done a report on its anti-dumping and countervailing duty system.  Some snippets: Should Australia retain an antidumping system? Key points • The price raising effects of anti-dumping measures give rise to a range of benefits and costs for applicant industries and their suppliers, importers, downstream user industries and,

As mentioned a little while back, in the conference report accompanying the 2010  Consolidated Appropriations Act, Public Law: 111-117, the conferees "directed the Secretary of Commerce to work with the Secretaries of the Departments of Homeland Security and the Treasury to conduct an analysis of the relative advantages and

Can anti-dumping measures be used as a response to another country's anti-dumping measures?  From the recent consultations request by the EU in China - Provisional AD Duties on Fasteners (DS407): 2. The EU considers that Article 56 of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China

From the AP: Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday its new electric car will cost just over US$25,000 in the U.S., a move that could force rivals to lower prices on similar vehicles. The Leaf, a four-door hatchback due in showrooms late this year, will have a base