The EU is launching an investigation on Chinese government subsidies awarded to suppliers of wind turbines destined for Europe, European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager said April 9. She said the probe will focus on the “conditions for the development of wind parks in Spain, Greece, France, Romania and Bulgaria.
China’s commerce minister on April 7 met with a group of Chinese electric vehicle companies operating in Europe to discuss the EU’s ongoing countervailing duty investigation on EV batteries from China (see 2403150047). Minister Wang Wentao told battery makers Geely, BYD, CATL and others that EU and U.S. accusations of EV "overcapacity" in China are “groundless,” and that Beijing will “actively support enterprises in safeguarding their legitimate rights and interests.” The companies “expressed their gratitude to the Ministry of Commerce for its strong support,” according to an unofficial translation of a readout of the meeting, and said they will “practice fair competition, actively respond to trade frictions, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results through pragmatic cooperation with European partners.”
The U.K. on April 4 extended for five years, until Jan. 31, 2028, its antidumping duties on cast iron articles from China, the U.K. Department for International Trade announced. The duties range from 15.5% to 38.1%, with the latter rate applicable to the non-individually examined exporters. The duties cover articles "of lamellar graphite cast iron (grey iron) or spheroidal graphite cast iron (also known as ductile cast iron) and parts thereof."
Australia and China recently notified the World Trade Organization that they are ending their dispute involving Chinese antidumping and countervailing duties on wine from Australia (see 2310230060. The WTO circulated the notification to WTO members April 3, the trade body announced.
The European Commission on April 3 imposed antidumping duties on certain polyethylene terephthalate from China, ranging from 6.6% to 24.2%, for the next five years, the Directorate-General for Trade announced. The duties stem from an EU investigation finding that Chinese PET imports sold at "artificially low prices" were "undercutting EU industry's prices." The move finalizes and continues the provisional duties, set Nov. 27.
PHILADELPHIA -- While the intersection of trade and climate change isn't yet massive in terms of policy, a CBP green trade official noted that climate change is already affecting the transport of goods.
A World Trade Organization dispute panel found that certain elements of Australian antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings on wind towers, deep drawn stainless steel sinks and railway wheels from China violate WTO commitments. Issuing its findings March 26, the panel recommended that Australia bring its measures into conformity with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.
Australia will officially end its antidumping duties on certain Chinese wind towers April 16, the country’s AD Commission said this month. The announcement came after Australia and China agreed in October to resolve World Trade Organization disputes over the Australian duties as well as Chinese duties on Australian wine (see 2310230060).
China said it has “expressed great concern” with the EU over a decision by the bloc earlier this month to begin customs registration for Chinese electric vehicle imports, setting them up to face retroactive tariffs if an ongoing EU investigation concludes they benefited from unfair subsidies.
The U.K. on March 12 excluded mats made of glass fiber filaments from the countervailing duty order on continuous filament glass fiber products from Egypt. The Department for International Trade made the change following a Trade Remedies Authority recommendation to exclude the goods. CVD will still cover chopped glass fiber strands 50 mm or less in length and glass fiber rovings, excluding glass fiber rovings that are "impregnated and coated and have a loss on ignition of more than 3%."