Yesterday, President Biden called for increasing tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, as well as addressing problems related to transshipment of Chinese steel and aluminum through Mexico.

The Mexican government announced last month that it will raise tariff rates for a number of products. This tariff increase is applicable to all nations that do not have a trade agreement with Mexico, and China falls into this category. As a result, this move will have an impact on

In a ruling circulated today, a WTO panel has found that China's anti-dumping measures on stainless steel products from Japan violate a number of obligations in the WTO's Anti-dumping (AD) Agreement.

Last week, the European Commission announced that it was renewing its anti-dumping measures on imports of stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings ("SSTPF") from China and Taiwan for another five years.

Today the WTO published a notification from Japan and China that they had agreed to use the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) in the event of any appeal in the China - Anti-Dumping Measures on Stainless Steel Products from Japan (DS601) dispute, which is currently pending before a WTO

On Friday, a WTO panel issued its findings in respect of complaints brought by China and three other governments against the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, and continued by the Biden administration, on imports of certain imported steel and aluminum, on the basis of "security" concerns. The

A report from yesterday indicates that the Biden administration is pressing the European Union to agree to a plan that would impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, from China and elsewhere, if it has high carbon emissions and constitutes "non-market" production leading to overcapacity. Such a