On August 9, 2024, China filed a lawsuit against the European Union (EU) at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the EU’s imposition of countervailing duties, subsidies, and import taxes on electric vehicles (EVs) exported from China to EU territories. Earlier, in June 2024, the EU issued an order imposing countervailing duties on imported electric…
In less than a week following the announcements by the EU and the US to intensify trade remedy investigations on Chinese products or those originating from China, on May 19, 2024, China announced an anti-dumping investigation on imported POM plastics from the European Union (EU), the US, Japan, and Taiwan. According to the announcement from…
According to the latest announcement from the European Commission (EC) on May 16, 2024, the agency may impose anti-dumping duties on steel coils imported from China if it determines that these products are being dumped and causing damage to the local industry. The EC stated that it has begun an anti-dumping investigation into flat-rolled steel…
On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated a multi-sector trade remedy investigation into allegations that solar panels and modules imported from Southeast Asian countries, including Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, are unfairly subsidized and sold at prices below production costs in the U.S. market. This initiation follows requests from U.S. solar equipment…