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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao discussed trade relations between the two countries, including the recently imposed safeguard on Chinese tire imports, in a meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. The Chinese “remain concerned” over the U.S. imposition of a three-year tariff on tires under the 421 safeguard provision, a senior administration official said [whse hu

In a ruling with substantial implications for the future of trade remedy law against China, the Court of International Trade (CIT) late last week curtailed the ability of the Commerce Department to simultaneously apply both antidumping (AD) duties and countervailing duties (CVD) against the same imported product from a non-market economy.

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Matthew Borman announced this week that this month's session of the U.S.-China High Technology Working Group will for the first time be preceded by an industry meeting discussing ways to ease trade barriers.

The fourth report issued on Sept. 14 by the World Trade Organization on trade and investment measures among the G20 group of countries shows a dramatic increase in the number of antidumping (AD) investigations initiated by China over the first half of this year.

The fourth report issued today (Sept. 14) by the World Trade Organization on trade and investment measures among the G20 group of countries shows a dramatic increase in the number of antidumping (AD) investigations initiated by China over the first half of this year.

The Chinese government today (Sept. 14) requested formal World Trade Organization consultations with the U.S. on its decision to institute a three-year safeguard import tariff on Chinese tires for light trucks and passenger vehicles. The White House announced the safeguard tariff late on Sept. 11.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and officials from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative have signaled that they see the imposition of an effective safeguard on Chinese tire imports as a necessary step to ensure support in Congress for future trade deals.

China this week provided an informal update of its efforts to come into compliance by Sept. 1 with the adverse findings in a World Trade Organization legal challenge mounted by the U.S., Canada and the European Union on higher duties levied on imported auto parts.