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China says the European Union's decision to impose anti-dumping import duties on Chinese steel wire rods will further strain their trade ties. The import duties announced Monday by the 27-nation EU will be up to 24 percent and will last five years, China Daily reported. The report said the decision followed temporary duties announced in February after European producers' complained their business had been hurt by China selling its products at low prices. The anti-dumping investigation by the...

The European Union said Monday that it would slap Chinese steel exporters with a punitive anti-dumping duty for the next five years. The agreement to allow a duty of up to 24 percent on Chinese steel wire rods passed without discussion, Xinhua, China's state-run news agency, reported. Temporary duties had been put into effect in February after European companies complained the Chinese were selling steel at below market prices, Xinhua reported.

WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a unanimous finding that there is a reasonable indication of material injury to the U.S. industry producing wire decking caused by unfairly traded imports from China. The Commission's vote clears the first hurdle to the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of wire decking from China.Domestic wire decking producers AWP Industries, ITC Manufacturing, J&L Wire...

WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The major producers of commercial OEM tube in the United States today noted that imports of this copper product from China have been entering the United States in large volumes that appear to reflect dumping as well as Chinese governmental subsidization. U.S. producers manufacture commercial OEM tube for use in the OEM air conditioning market in the United States.Counsel to the domestic producers, David A. Hartquist of Kelly Drye & Warren...

European Union (EU) member nations decided on Tuesday to impose anti-dumping duties on biodiesel imports from the United States, the AFP news agency reported citing an EU diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity.The duties, to be enacted by July 12, range from $32 to $57 (23 to 41 euros) per 160 pounds (100 kilograms), and would last for up to five years.The finance managers of all 27-member nations adopted the European Commission's proposal during a meeting in Brussels, the diplomat...

WASHINGTON, June 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Antidumping and countervailing duty petitions were filed today by U.S. producers of wire decking, charging that dumped and subsidized imports of wire decking from the People's Republic of China cause material injury to the domestic industry. The petitioners allege dumping margins ranging from 116 to 312 percent, with an average margin of 218 percent, and also allege that significant subsidies have been provided to Chinese wire decking producers...

WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three domestic producers of prestressed concrete steel wire strand ("PC strand") filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions today charging that dumped and subsidized imports of PC strand from the People's Republic of China cause material injury to the domestic industry. The petitioners allege dumping margins ranging from 140.31 to 314.99 percent, with an average margin of 223.47 percent, and also allege that significant subsidies have...

WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) called today's affirmative vote by the U.S. International Trade Commission to proceed with the trade case investigation against China imports of oil country tubular goods an urgent step for the thousands of laid-off workers at idled pipe production facilities of seven domestic companies. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO) "The OCTG producers and jobless pipe workers are paying the...

WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") voted unanimously today that there is a reasonable indication that the U.S. industry producing plastic grocery and shopping bags is being materially injured by reason of dumped and subsidized imports from Indonesia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The ruling follows the March 31, 2009 filing of an antidumping petition against imports of polyethylene retail carrier bags from Indonesia, Taiwan, and Vietnam and a...

U.S. investigations into tubular and pipe steel imported from China is troubling for the Chinese government, the Commerce Ministry said. The U.S. Commerce department this week said it was launching anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations into Chinese steel pipes used in oil and gas drilling, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported. Countervailing duties are duties imposed under World Trade Organization rules to neutralize the negative effects of other duties, the online...