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Chinese e-bikes to face hefty EU duties for five more years January 16, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

The hefty EU dumping and countervailing duties totaling nearly 80 percent on Chinese electric bikes will stay in place for a further five years, MLex has learned. The European Commission has concluded that ext... (more story)

Cut EU tariff-free steel quotas by up to 50 percent, industry urges commission January 16, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

The EU steel safeguard needs to be significantly tightened to bring urgently needed relief to the bloc’s steel industry, says a proposal seen by MLex. Eurofer, the industry lobby, is asking the European Commis... (more story)

US trade court affirms 2021-2022 antidumping review results for Turkish rebar January 15, 2025 | Laina S. Miller

The US Court of International Trade has affirmed the Department of Commerce’s antidumping duty review for steel concrete reinforcing bar imported from Turkey between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022.

US CIT affirms Commerce’s removal of CEP offset from 2019-20 steel pipe review January 15, 2025 | Laina S. Miller

The US Court of International Trade has affirmed the Department of Commerce’s remand redetermination for a 2019-20 antidumping review for circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Korea, which removed the cons... (more story)

US fence company asks USITC, Commerce for trade probe of Chinese imports January 15, 2025 | Laina S. Miller

ZND US, a temporary fencing producer based in North Carolina, has filed a petition with the US International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce requesting the imposition of antidumping and antisub... (more story)

EU outbound investment monitoring needed for economic security, Šefčovič says January 15, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

EU businesses' outbound investments across three strategic sectors should be monitored by member states to identify risks to the EU’s economic security with a view to tackling any that are found, the European ... (more story)

Relax EU’s sanctions against Syria, six member states suggest January 15, 2025 | Jean Comte and Luca Bertuzzi

Six EU member states — Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Finland and Denmark — have suggested lifting some of the sanctions that the bloc has imposed on Syria since 2011, according to a joint written pr... (more story)

White House intellectual property report wraps up Biden administration January 14, 2025 | Nick Robertson

The White House’s annual intellectual property report to Congress, published yesterday, put a bow on the Biden administration, summarizing the IP work of the executive branch’s agencies. Mostly focusing on out... (more story)

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EU weighs steel tariff hike to protect industry against Chinese overcapacity January 03, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

The EU steel industry has been shielded from excess Chinese exports for six years by a safeguard measure, but this expires in 2026 and policymakers face a difficult year ahead preparing a course of action to r... (more story)

Landmark appellate decision could kill Tornado Cash co-founder's US criminal case December 30, 2024 | Samuel Rubenfeld

After losing a motion to dismiss criminal charges of sanctions violations and money laundering, Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm is trying again, armed with an appellate decision involving the cryptocurrenc... (more story)

Trump’s return could scupper China’s bid to be rid of EU electric car duties December 30, 2024 | Joanna Sopinska

With US President Donald Trump taking office next month, China’s stalled talks with the EU on an alternative solution to the bloc’s steep anti-subsidy duties on electric vehicles appear unlikely to be revived ... (more story)

Cfius won’t see big changes in 2025; China, political influence remain concerns December 27, 2024 | Curtis Eichelberger

Chinese threats, mitigation agreements and political influence will be among the top concerns for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US next year. But of the three, perhaps the most insidious threat to... (more story)

Trade-for-migrants EU policies to gain momentum in 2025 despite legal concerns December 27, 2024 | Oscar Pandiello

The EU’s plan to tie trade policies to migrant returns is set to escalate in 2025, but legal and political challenges loom. With concerns from the World Trade Organization stalling measures, the focus may shif... (more story)

Soaring e-commerce shipments pressure EU customs revamp, but divisions block progress December 26, 2024 | Oscar Pandiello

The EU’s landmark customs reform risks falling behind as e-commerce shipments in 2024 surged past 4 billion — more than five times than the total three years ago. Growing concerns over non-compliant imports, a... (more story)

New reins for Visa and Mastercard as UK tackles ‘unduly high’ interchange fees December 13, 2024 | Sofia Gerace

Mastercard and Visa have seen complaints rise over their increases in interchange fees, which are charged between a retailer's bank and a card issuer's bank when a purchase is made by credit or debit card, and... (more story)

Trump’s associates prefer tactical tariffs over across-the-board method December 12, 2024 | Laina S. Miller

Associates of US President-elect Donald Trump, particularly legislators and his cabinet nominees, have expressed a preference for using tariffs as a negotiation tactic instead of the across-the-board tariffs t... (more story)