The World Trade Organization's published agenda for the Dispute Settlement Body's Nov. 25 meeting includes a request from the EU to suspend certain concessions to the U.S. due to its antidumping and countervailing duties on ripe olives from Spain.
The EU asked the World Trade Organization to establish a compliance panel regarding Colombia's tariffs on frozen fries from the EU, the Directorate-General for Trade announced Nov. 14. The bloc decided to make the move after consultations between the parties fell through, the Directorate-General said.
The U.K. extended antidumping duties on steel ropes and cables from China, including on ropes and cables consigned from Morocco and South Korea, for another five years, until April 21, 2028. The duties range from 0% for Moroccan exporter Remer Maroc and certain South Korean exporters to 60.4% for all Chinese exporters and all other Moroccan and South Korean exporters. The duties specifically cover "steel ropes and cables including locked coil ropes, excluding ropes and cables of stainless steel, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 3mm."
EU and Chinese officials met in Beijing last week to discuss the possibility of using an agreement on price "undertakings" for electric vehicles instead of countervailing duties on Chinese EVs, the bloc's Directorate-General for Trade announced Nov. 8. The two sides negotiated how to set up a "minimum import price" for the EVs, along with monitoring and enforcement tools.
China renewed its antidumping duties on imports of nitrile butadiene rubber from South Korea and Japan, the country’s commerce ministry announced Nov. 8, according to an unofficial translation. The duties, originally imposed in 2018, range from 12% to 37.3% for South Korean companies and 16% to 56.4% for Japanese companies. The rubber has oil, water and heat-resistant properties and has uses in the industrial and mechanical industries. The duties will remain in place for five years from Nov. 9.
China formally filed a dispute at the World Trade Organization on Nov. 6 challenging the EU's definitive countervailing duties on new battery electric vehicles from China. The request for consultations continues a dispute China started on the EU's provisional CV duties on Chinese EVs (see 2408140010).
China said it will continue its challenge at the World Trade Organization against the EU's countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles. The nation's Ministry of Commerce said on Nov. 4 it believes the EU's duties "lack both factual and legal grounds," violate WTO rules and stand as a "pretext for trade protectionism," according to an unofficial translation.
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).