Tag: European Union
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Brussels locks in five years of anti-dumping duties on purified terephthalic acid from South Korea and Mexico, redrawing the feedstock map for Europe’s PET bottle, packaging and polyester industries. BRUSSELS, August 16, 2026 The European Union has closed out one of the most consequential chemical trade cases of the year, imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on…
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The public comment window closed Monday in the U.S. Trade Representative’s Section 301 investigation into Germany’s pharmaceutical pricing, hardening battle lines in a novel trade fight that could put tariffs on one of the world’s most sensitive industries. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2026 A first of its kind American trade investigation into how a close ally…
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The European Commission has locked in five-year anti-dumping duties on purified terephthalic acid from South Korea and Mexico, reshaping costs across Europe’s PET supply chain while handing Korea’s Taekwang Industrial a rare full exemption. BRUSSELS, Aug. 10, 2026 — The European Commission on Monday imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of purified terephthalic acid from…
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The European Commission has disclosed definitive anti-dumping duties of 5.6% to 28% on cold-rolled flat steel from India, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam, tightening the screws on Asian and Turkish suppliers while denying EU mills the retroactive collection they had sought. BRUSSELS, August 11, 2026 The European Commission has moved to impose definitive anti-dumping duties…
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Brussels imposes provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 102.4% on Chinese silico-manganese steel welding wire, forcing importers, distributors and fabricators across Europe to reprice a workhorse consumable almost overnight. BRUSSELS, August 11, 2026 The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 102.4% on imports of certain silico-manganese steel welding wire from China,…
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Comments are due tonight in the USTR’s Section 301 investigation of German pharmaceutical pricing, a case that could put tariffs behind Washington’s demand that wealthy allies pay more for American medicines WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2026 The public comment period in one of the most closely watched trade investigations of the year closes tonight at 11:59…
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China’s August 5 countermeasure package, spanning entity blacklistings, drone export curbs and a first-ever foreign trade national security probe into imported printers, is rippling far beyond Washington and into Asia-Pacific and European supply chains. BEIJING, August 10, 2026 China’s Ministry of Commerce unleashed a coordinated cluster of trade countermeasures on August 5, and five days…
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South Korea’s fast-expanding chemical trade-defense docket hit both Chinese and European suppliers this week, as a definitive duty on European PVC paste resin took effect and new records documented a finalized levy on Chinese butyl acrylate. SEOUL, August 6, 2026 – South Korea’s campaign to shield its embattled chemical producers from cheap imports reached a…
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Beijing’s first-ever foreign trade national security investigation targets imported printers and copiers running foreign software, and Japanese and European equipment makers are squarely in the blast radius. BEIJING, August 6, 2026 – China has switched on a trade weapon it has never used before, and the first target is sitting in nearly every office in…
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The largest trade agreement either side has ever concluded has moved off the negotiators’ desks and into the ratification machinery, with a December signature, a spring 2027 start date, and a district-by-district exporter outreach campaign now defining the road ahead. NEW DELHI, August 4, 2026 – Six months after India and the European Union concluded…