The World Trade Organization published the agenda for the Jan. 27 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body. It 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; antidumping and countervailing duties on ripe olives from Spain; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. A status report also is 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, and on safeguard measures on certain steel products.
India recently began an antidumping investigation on certain printed circuit boards from China and Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Jan. 18. India initiated the probe at the request of the Indian Printed Circuit Association, which said the imports “have caused material injury to the local industry,” the report said. The current investigation covers items imported July 2021 through June 2022, while the injury investigation covers April 2018 through June 2022.
After two days of feedback from delegations at the World Trade Organization, as part of a regular trade review (see 2212140071), Ambassador Maria Pagan said she was glad that many are appreciating the discussions American diplomats are having with their counterparts on dispute settlement reform.
The U.K. imposed antidumping duties on aluminum extrusions from China, in a Dec. 16 notice. The duties apply to bars, rods, profiles, tubes and "pipes; unassembled; whether or not prepared for use in structures (for example cut to length, drilled, bent, chamfered, threaded); made from aluminium whether or not alloyed, containing not more than 99.3% aluminium."
The World Trade Organization published the agenda for the Dec. 20 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body. It includes U.S. status reports on the implementation of recommendations adopted by the DSB 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. A status report also is 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.
Argentina, Brazil and Canada recently announced antidumping and countervailing duty actions and decisions on certain products from mainland China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Dec. 12.
Two former government officials, one a leader at a think tank, the other a lawyer at Akin Gump, acknowledge that even as businesses continue to believe quitting the Trans-Pacific Partnership was a tactical error, "there is no conceivable scenario in which the United States could sign onto the [Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for] TPP as it exists today. Strong opposition from both sides of the political spectrum to key elements of the deal would prevent congressional approval."
Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Chris Coons, D-Del, laid out parameters of a trade package they hope to get passed in the next three weeks in Congress.
Japan imposed antidumping duties on hot-dipped galvanized steel wire from South Korea and China, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced Dec. 2. Following an investigation that began in June 2021, METI and the Ministry of Finance found duties were needed to protect the domestic industry in Japan. The duties range from 9.8% to 41.7%, and are in effect Dec. 8, 2022, to Dec. 7, 2027.
The U.K. imposed antidumping and countervailing duties on shipments of electric bicycles from exporters Jinhua Otmar Technology and Jinhua Seno Technology, following a new exporter review, the Department for International Trade announced. Otmar and Seno were levied a 16.2% antidumping rate and a 17.2% countervailing duty rate on their exports of cycles, including those with pedal assistance or an auxiliary electric motor. The duties take effect Nov. 30 and expire either Jan. 19, 2024, or the date the secretary of state specifies in a notice.