Korea opens an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese ethyl acetate as the country’s embattled chemical sector reaches for every trade defense tool it has left SEOUL, August 19, 2026 South Korea’s trade authorities on Monday opened a formal anti-dumping investigation into imports of ethyl acetate from China, adding another front to what has become one of…
India’s trade remedies watchdog opened four anti-dumping investigations in a single day, three of them aimed squarely at China, as New Delhi confronts a record trade deficit with Beijing and a global glut of redirected Chinese exports. NEW DELHI, August 18, 2026 India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) initiated four new anti-dumping investigations on…
China has locked in a third five-year term for anti-dumping duties of 7.4 percent to 30.6 percent on Indian single-mode optical fibre, extending a trade barrier first raised in 2014 into a physical-layer market that has flipped from glut to shortage. BEIJING, August 18, 2026 China’s Ministry of Commerce has renewed anti-dumping duties on imports…
Indonesia launches an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese superabsorbent polymers, the workhorse chemical inside diapers and sanitary products, after a petition from PT Nippon Shokubai Indonesia JAKARTA, August 18, 2026 Indonesia has opened a new front in its expanding campaign against allegedly underpriced Chinese industrial goods, this time targeting the obscure but commercially vital chemical that…
India’s anti-dumping investigation into transformer-grade electrical steel from China, Japan, South Korea and Russia crosses its 60-day threshold this week, the point at which provisional duties become legally possible in a market that imports roughly nine of every ten tonnes it consumes. By the Peacock Tariff Consulting Trade Desk NEW DELHI, August 17, 2026: India’s…
New Delhi opens fresh trade-remedy fronts on Chinese ophthalmic lenses and on antioxidants from China, Korea and Singapore, capping one of the busiest anti-dumping months in the DGTR’s history and raising the stakes for global supply chains. Peacock Tariff Consulting | Trade Desk NEW DELHI, August 17, 2026 India’s trade-remedy machinery sent a three-part message…
Beijing rolls over anti-dumping duties of 7.4 to 30.6 percent on Indian single-mode optical fiber for another five years, holding Indian exporters at the border of the world’s largest fiber market just as a global supply squeeze rewrites the industry’s pricing map. By the Trade Desk | Published Monday, August 17, 2026 BEIJING, August 17,…
Japan’s first anti-dumping duties on a mainstream steel product completed their first full week of collection as Korean producers filed formal rebuttals and the global steel trade absorbed the signal from one of the world’s most reluctant users of trade remedies. TOKYO, August 16, 2026. One week after Japanese customs officers began collecting the country’s…
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…
Beijing renews anti-dumping duties of 7.4 to 30.6 percent on Indian single-mode optical fiber for another five years, pushing a trade remedy first imposed in 2014 out to 2031 even as a global fiber shortage rewrites the economics of the industry it protects. BEIJING, August 16, 2026 China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday, August…