China will extend antidumping measures for another five years on ethanolamine imported from the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Thailand, the country’s commerce ministry said Oct. 29, according to an unofficial translation. The duties, extended as of Oct. 30, range from 10.1% to 97.1%, including rates of 76.0% to 97.1% for U.S. companies. China said ethanolamine has a range of uses, including in pharmaceuticals and as gas treatment agents.

The EU will officially impose countervailing duties on electric vehicle imports from China (see 2408200020) despite months of lobbying from Beijing against the new tariffs (see 2410250015), which are meant to address EU concerns around Chinese EV subsidies. The new duties will remain in place for five years and will take effect the day after they’re published in the Official Journal of the EU, expected to be this week.

The EU on Oct. 25 officially began registering imports of goods under investigation in 12 ongoing antidumping or countervailing duty probes, allowing for retroactive collection of AD/CVD if certain conditions are met, Denis Redonnet, the EU’s chief trade enforcement officer, said on social media platform X. With the move, the EU may be able to collect retroactive duties on imports related to investigations on epoxy resins, decor paper, iron and steel tubes and pipes, optical fiber cables and more. The European Commission previewed the move in September (see 2409240010).

The European Commission and Beijing are still searching for a way to avoid upcoming EU countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles, the commission said, even after EU member states voted to approve the measures earlier this month (see 2410040013).

China this week renewed antidumping duties on imports of hydroiodic acid from the U.S. and Japan for five years after finding that lifting the tariffs could “damage” China's domestic industry, according to an unofficial translation of a Ministry of Commerce notice. The renewed AD measures, effective Oct. 16, include a 41.1% rate for Japanese companies and a 123.4% rate for American companies. China said the acid has various manufacturing uses, including for integrated circuits.

The U.K. on Oct. 8 revised its antidumping duties on ceramic tiles from China, revoking the duties for tiles where the largest surface equals or exceeds 0.36 meters squared "unless the differential relief on the largest surface exceeds" 3 millimeters. The U.K. also revoked duties for tiles with an "edge equal to or longer than 600mm, unless the differential relief on the largest surface exceeds 3mm." Another change adds "finishing ceramics" to the description of the covered goods, while "glazed and unglazed" will be removed from the description. The notice also extends the existing duty rates for another five years, until Nov. 24, 2027.

China will impose temporary antidumping duties on imports of brandy from the EU after preliminary findings showed the imports are threatening its domestic industry, according to an unofficial translation of an Oct. 8 Ministry of Commerce notice. Beginning Oct. 11, Importers of EU brandy must pay security deposits ranging from 30.6% to 39%, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The announcement came less than a week after EU member states voted to approve new countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles (see 2410040013).

EU member states on Oct. 3 voted to approve new countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles (see 2408200020) despite lobbying from Beijing and opposition from some member states, including Germany (see 2410030028). The new duties, "including the definitive findings" of the EU's CVD probe, must be published in the Official Journal of the EU by Oct. 30, the European Commission said.

As EU member states prepare to vote this week on new tariffs for Chinese electric vehicles, a German trade official and auto industry representative said they believe the EU and China can still reach a “political” agreement to work through their issues and avoid the punitive duties, which they say would harm EU consumers and European car manufacturers that have factories in China.

LONDON -- Officials at a defense industry conference last week were complimentary of defense export control reforms recently announced by the U.S., Australia and the U.K., but they also said the three governments can do more to incentivize companies to make use of the reforms.