China launches WTO action over EU shoe levy

China launched action in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the European Union’s anti-dumping measures on Chinese shoes Thursday, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said.
China filed its complaint with the WTO Thursday and will negotiate with the EU under WTO’s dispute settlement system, the MOC said in a statement on its website.
The EU decided in [...]

China encounters growing trade protectionism charges from EU

The EU initiated seven new trade remedy investigations last year on Chinese exports, China Daily reported Wednesday.
The newspaper said, citing the Ministry of Commerce (MOF), that the figure was one more than the previous year, accounting for over 50 percent of the cases the region launched worldwide.
The cases included aluminum wheels, scanners and ironing boards [...]

TCM eyes European market

A leading pharmaceutical firm that produces traditional Chinese medicine in the northwestern Gansu Province is hoping to make Sweden its gateway to the European Union market after a landmark EU directive on herbal drugs takes effect in 15 months.
“We have applied to export our medicine to Sweden and eventually other EU markets,” said Sun Yu, [...]

Macao’s trade deficit exceeds $3 bln in first 11 months

Macao’s trade deficit for the first eleven months of 2009 widened by 5.6 percent over the same period of last year to 26.04 billion patacas (3.3 billion U.S. dollars), according to the figures released on Wednesday by Macao’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
The figures showed that the value of total exports of goods fell by [...]

China extends anti-dumping probe into EU carbon steel fasteners

China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday it is to extend an anti-dumping investigation into carbon steel fasteners imported from the European Union.
The investigation would be prolonged by six months to June 29 next year because “the situation in this case is quite special and complicated,” said a brief notice on the MOC website without [...]

The high cost of meeting global standards

Wang Long remembers well how the toys produced by his company were almost blocked from export once because of a sudden change in toy requirements by an importing country.
Now, he says he is confident about meeting the tough new standards set by importers.

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