The United Kingdom will transition a European Union antidumping duty against imports of certain types of Chinese wires after the U.K. leaves the EU next year, the U.K.’s Department for International Trade said July 29. The U.K. said it will retain the duty on certain “pre- and post-stressing wires and wire strands of non-alloy steel.”
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Vietnam recently imposed antidumping duties on “biaxially oriented polypropylene film products” originating in China, Malaysia and Thailand, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council said July 27. The film, typically used in “packaging materials,” will be subject to a duty rate of 9.05% to 23.71% for five years. The products are classified under two Harmonized System subheadings -- 3920.20.10 and 3920.20.91. The decision came after Vietnam determined that the “sales volume, profit margins, market share and production capacity” of its domestic film producers had “declined significantly over recent years” due to cheaper imports from the three countries. Vietnam is, however, offering duty exemptions for imports of the film because some of its producers “lack the capacity” to manufacture it.
Experts disagreed on the utility of the Trump administration approach to World Trade Organization reform, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the topic, and senators on the left and right suggested that the negotiated trade rules disadvantage Americans.
The U.S. and the European Union should be able to “come to a convergence” on seven planks of reform of the appellate body at the World Trade Organization, said Ignacio Garcia Bercero, European Union Visiting Fellow, Oxford University and a chief negotiator at the European Commission. Garcia Bercero, who noted he was not speaking on behalf of the European Commission, was a panelist on a WTO Reform webinar hosted by the Washington International Trade Association July 23.
China will impose antidumping measures on imports of U.S. n-propanol, a July 17 Ministry of Commerce notice said, according to an unofficial translation. China said its n-propanol industry has suffered “substantial damage” due to the U.S. imports and will impose antidumping measures in the “form of security deposits.” Beginning July 18, Chinese “import operators” must “provide the relevant deposits” to Chinese customs authorities at rates between 254.4% and 267.4%, the notice said.
Jesus Seade, who led the USMCA negotiations on behalf of the president-elect in Mexico in 2018, said that while the World Trade Organization is a member-driven organization, the director-general should be more than just a facilitator, especially since the body is in crisis.
Japan is considering imposing antidumping duties on imports of South Korean potassium carbonate, the country said in a June 29 notice, according to an unofficial translation. Japan said it plans to complete its investigation in one year. The move came after a Japanese industry group requested that antidumping duties be imposed, arguing low-priced imports of certain South Korean chemicals are damaging Japanese producers, which have been forced to lower their prices, a June 29 report in the Nikkei Asian Review said. Potassium carbonate is used to produce glass for liquid crystal panels, the report said.
Canada complained at the World Trade Organization that the U.S. has neither proposed a period of time to comply with the ruling on supercalendered paper, nor said whether it will comply with the Dispute Settlement Body ruling at all (see 2002060059). So, as it did in April, Canada is asking for the right to retaliate for the damage done. The complaint was part of the regular Dispute Settlement Body meeting in Geneva on June 29.
Laos recently clarified its law on antidumping and countervailing measures to specify procedures for determining whether dumping is taking place, a June 5 Hong Kong Trade Development Council report said. The revised guidance clarifies “two methods for the determination of the ‘normal’ price of imported goods” if those goods are suspected of violating antidumping measures. Laos issued the guidance to ensure it's complying with World Trade Organization requirements.
China said it will continue to impose antidumping measures on imported acetone from Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, according to an unofficial translation of a June 5 notice. Introduced in 2008, the measures will be imposed for another five years, China said.