The European Commission in an Aug. 3 notice announced the impending expiration of antidumping duty measures on certain continuous filament glass fiber products from China unless a review of the duties is initiated. European Union manufacturers can submit a written request for a review up to three months before the duty's April 26, 2022, expiration date.

The United Kingdom ceased applying an antidumping duty on pre- and post-stressing wires and wire strands of non-alloy steel (PSC wires and strands) from China Aug. 2, following a transition review. The measures were initially imposed on June 6, 2015, by the European Union on behalf of the U.K. and the other EU member states. Following the U.K.'s departure from the EU, the secretary of state for international trade transitioned the AD duty to continue applying during the U.K. transition period. Following a transition review, to decide whether to keep the duties, the AD duty will cease to apply, effective Aug. 2.

Brazil, Colombia and Canada recently made antidumping and countervailing duty decisions on certain products from mainland China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Aug. 2. The duty decisions affect a range of imported Chinese goods, and not all apply to each country mentioned, including vehicular natural gas cylinders, flat‑rolled galvanized steel sheet, unframed mirrors, carbon and alloy steel line pipe, tires and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film.

The European Commission began a review of existing antidumping duties on aspartame from China, a July 29 notice in the Official Journal of the European Union said. HSWT France S.A.S. requested the review following the publication of the expiration notice for the duties. The commission will decide if an extension of the duties is necessary to further protect the European aspartame industry, the notice said. The period under investigation is July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.

The European Commission in a July 29 notice announced the expiration of antidumping duty measures on high fatigue performance steel concrete reinforcement bars from China. Since no “duly substantiated request for a review” was filed with the commission, the antidumping measures will expire July 30, the notice said.

The Federal Maritime Commission this week issued a series of long-awaited recommendations to address issues in the international freight delivery system that have been exacerbated over the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations, which resulted from Commissioner Rebecca Dye’s fact-finding mission that began in March 2020, aim to minimize barriers to Shipping Act enforcement and better allow the FMC to “facilitate prompt and fair dispute resolution,” Dye said July 28.

World Trade Organization members reached a consensus July 28 on the 14 new heads of the subsidiary bodies that report to the Council for Trade in Goods. The General Council chair, Ambassador Dacio Castillo of Honduras, added that he will host consultations on how to "improve the overall process for the appointment of officers of all WTO bodies," according to an accompanying press release. The chairpersons are as follows:

Costa Rica requested dispute consultations with the Dominican Republic over antidumping duties on corrugated steel bars from Costa Rica, a July 27 World Trade Organization notice said. Costa Rica said the DR's antidumping measures are incompatible with obligations under the Anti-Dumping Agreement and the 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

The European Union kicked off a “new exporter” review of the antidumping duties on the imports of trichloroisocyanuric acid from China for three Chinese exporters, in a July 23 entry in the Official Journal of the European Union. Hebei Xingfei Chemical, Inner Mongolia Likang Bio-Tech and Shandong Lantian Disinfection Technology each requested review of the duties, providing sufficient evidence that they didn't export the product to the EU during the period of investigation on which the AD duties were originally based, the entry said. The new exporter review could potentially repeal the duty on the three companies' exports and subject the imports to registration.

The European Commission began a review of existing antidumping duties on sodium cyclamate from China, a June 28 notice in the Official Journal of the European Union said. Productos Aditivos requested the review following the publication of the expiration notice for the duties. The commission will decide if an extension of the duties is necessary to further protect the European sodium cyclamate industry, the notice said. The period under investigation is July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.