Anti-Dumping

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En6zLHQVuqs[/youtube] Timothy Brightbill speaks with MetalMiner’s Taras Berezowsky on how the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, held in Chicago until Sept. 15, may affect the US’ trade relationship with several Asian nations — including China — when a final pact is signed. An international negotiations process between trade representatives from nine governments, including the United States, Australia [...]

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Over the past two weeks we have written about diverse uses for daily global metal price data. At times, the uses appear obvious, as in the first and second posts, and some slightly less so (although not for savvy industrial metal buying organizations.) However in this, our final installment of this series on uses of [...]

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Certain segments of the American population tend to hold negative feelings for international institutions such as the United Nations (UN), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), or the World Trade Organization (WTO) and some go even further by publishing scathing remarks (the ubiquitous billboards in the more conservatively inclined parts of the country) or full-fledged op-eds [...]

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Historically speaking, MetalMiner has generated the most controversy or commentary on our stories involving steel imports and exports. Now, we have had a few exceptions to that rule (everyone seems to enjoy a scandal) and we receive lots of comments when we talk about cross-border ownership of steel mills and their labor unions, but the [...]

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Spend Matters, our sister site, penned a July 4 piece today examining a number of examples of offshore production moving back to US shores. We can’t think of anything more patriotic than that — however, we don’t think the US steel industry finds itself in a particularly patriotic mood. The first example involves the San [...]

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Source: WTO “Made In The World” In considering the international trade picture for the year (and decade) to come, it is important to note the discussions on how exactly we agree to measure trade. Trade in value added has become a keystone concept in how global supply chains work and what effect they have for [...]

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Just today, the WTO dispute settlement panel essentially voted in favor of several allegations from the EU that the US provided subsidies to Boeing Co. for civilian aircraft that weren’t in compliance with SCA (Subsidies and Countervailing Measures) Agreement rules. This resulted in, the European Communities allege, unfair export advantages for Boeing. In the most [...]

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*Fill out the form below to view the video! If you missed out on the live simulcast of MetalMiner’s inaugural conference, International Trade Policy Breaking Point, now’s your chance to catch up on the action! MetalMiner and sister site Spend Matters teamed up with sponsors Nucor and Zycus to bring our audience a provocative and [...]

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