The World Trade Organization's published agenda for the Dispute Settlement Body's April 28 meeting includes U.S. status reports on the implementation of DSB recommendations on antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. Status reports are also expected from Indonesia on measures related to the import of horticultural products, animals and animal products, and from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products.
Two attorneys with Sandler Travis, Sarah Yuskaitis and Joshua Rodman, were promoted to members, the firm announced. Yuskaitis joined Sandler Travis in 2017 and primarily advises clients on antidumping and countervailing duty and trade remedies proceedings. Rodman joined the firm in 2019 and centers his practice on export controls and sanctions compliance.
The EU extended the antidumping duties on stainless steel hot-rolled coils from Indonesia to imports of the same goods from Turkey. The move comes after an anti-circumvention investigation revealed that the Indonesian imports were skirting the duties via Turkey. "The extension of anti-dumping measures to SSHR from Turkiye is necessary in order to enforce the trade defence measures in place since October 2020 on imports of SSHR from Indonesia, China and Taiwan," the European Commission said April 18.
Japan and China agreed to enter into arbitration under the World Trade Organization's Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Agreement, an alternative to the Appellate Body, related to a spat over China's antidumping duties on stainless steel products from Japan. Submitting a notice of agreed procedures for arbitration, Japan and China said they will take to arbitration, given that there are less than three AB members.
The European Commission on April 14 renewed the antidumping duties on stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings from China and Taiwan for another five years, following an expiry review investigation. The proceeding showed that allowing the duties to lapse would harm the EU pipe fittings industry, the commission said. The duties range from 5.1% to 12.1% for Taiwan, and from 30.7% to 64.9% for China.
Colombia “ignored its own Essential Facts report” when it extended by five years its countervailing duty on U.S. ethanol imports, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said in an April 10 report. Colombia issued an essential facts report in January on its expiry review of the duties, which “argued that there is evidence of continued subsidies for U.S. ethanol, but no clear evidence that the current CVD improved the local ethanol industry’s economic performance,” USDA said. The report calculated a recommended CVD of .035¢/kg, lower than the original .066¢/kg, but Colombia “ignored its own report and issued a final ruling," USDA said, and extended the original investigation duty of .066¢/kg on U.S. ethanol for five years.
Mexico and Colombia recently announced antidumping duty actions on certain products from mainland China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported April 4. Mexico renewed an AD order on certain aluminum cookware for five years, while Colombia began an AD sunset review on steel sinks.
The World Trade Organization's published agenda for the Dispute Settlement Body's March 31 meeting includes U.S. status reports on the implementation of DSB recommendations on antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. Status reports also are expected from Indonesia on measures related to the import of horticultural products, animals and animal products, and from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products.
The Japanese Cabinet on March 10 greenlighted that nation's participation in the World Trade Organization's multiparty interim appeal arbitration (MPIA) agreement -- an alternative to the trade body's defunct Appellate Body (see 2303010026). The MPIA was initiated in April 2020 as a response to U.S. blocking the nomination process to the Appellate Body. The MPIA process released its first ruling in a dispute over Colombian antidumping duties on frozen fries from several EU countries (see 2212230025).
Japan initiated an expiry review of its antidumping duties on electrolytic manganese dioxide from China, the Ministry of Finance announced in a March 8 notice. Finance, along with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, launched the review after receiving a petition from Tosoh Hyuga Corp. and Tosoh Corp. The review will take one year during which the ministries will make a decision on whether to extend the duties, currently ranging from 34.3% to 46.5%, based on the likelihood of dumping recurring if the duty orders expire.