WORLD TRADE SCANNER
Vol25 No 43
Obama Becomes Banker-in-Chief in Credit Market Freeze
18 New Cases - Anti-dumping Investigations during 2008
China
Registers Sharp Drop in Trade
New WTO Rules on Anti-dumping and Subsidies Text Brings
Old Rifts into Focus
Lamy Emerges as Lone Contender for Next WTO Chief
Emerging Markets Face $180 Billion Investment Decline
Obama Picks Former Mayor Ron Kirk for USTR Post
Group of 20 Leaders’ Statement after London Meeting on 2
April 2009 – See Weekly Index Issue No . 2
dated 09-14 April 2009
Indian ASEAN FTA comes into effect on 1 Jan 2010
Vol27 No 40
No Generic Drug Hold Up in Europe Now, India EU Strike
Deal
“Aid for Trade” Review at WTO in 2011
GPA Revision Due in First Half of 2011
Aero Show in Bangalore 09-13 Feb 2011
Authorised Eco Operator Scheme Drafted for Cargo Security
India and Russia Signs Protocol on Trade and Investment
India-Russia
Trade Aims at $20bn
Brazil Hikes Duty on Chinese Toys as Currency Gains 37%
against Yuan
Crude Rise to $100 Stops as Refineries Cut Stocks
Vol27 No 42
India Plays Ball with US on Iran – Blocks Credit in ACU – Rupee Falls
Interest Rate Subvention for Exports – Rs. 404 crore
Sanctioned
NTBs Hold up Onion Import at JNPT
Commerce Ministry Orders Import of Onions from Pakistan
Cancun
Meet Ends with Many Gains
LDC Numbers Double to 49 in 40 Years
Surging Onion, Lentil Prices Push Swap Gap to Two-Year
High: India Credit
China Rare Earths Leave Toxic Trail to Toyota, Vestas
Vol27 No 43
US Forces India to Pay for not Signing WTO Agreement of Govt Procurement
China Steel to Increase Prices After
Demand Climbs
China 2010 Foreign Investment Rises to $106 bn to Record
Bent Crude Premium Rises to Record
Vol27 No 44
India-UK to Enhance Bilateral Investments
Concor Shows Income Growth of 9.80% in 3Q Oct-Dec '10
Beijing Fund for Wind Power is a Subsidy Says US
Vol27 No 46
Ban on Plastic Pouches Containing Gutkha
HC Wants Show to Comply with Customs Act, 1962
Finance Minister Releases Report of Task Force on
Transaction Cost in Exports
Rubber Climbs to Near Record as China Ups Purchases
Chinese Steel Drill-Pipe Face US Dumping Duties
Vol27 No 47
Export Incentives for more than 600 Products Announced –
Notifications Awaited
Indonesia Expands 6.9% in Fourth Quarter, Fastest Pace
Since 2004
Impact of Counterfeiting and Piracy to Reach US$1.7 tn by 2015
Davos Calls for Doha Conclusion by End 2011
High
Demand Boosts Commodity Prices
Vol27 No 48
EU Sued Over Secrecy Surrounding FTA Talks with India
Canada Calls for WTO Panel in Seal Dispute with EU
Officers for Imported Food Clearances Notified
Vol27 No 50
US Targets India, Brazil for Doha, China Sidelined
Vol27 No 51
BOJ Fails to Contain Investor Panic as Nuclear Danger
Rises
Food Prices Hit New Peak, says FAO
Georgia to Resume Talks with Moscow on Russian WTO
Accession
End in Sight to US-Mexico Trucking Dispute
Vol27 No 52
FM Gives Relief to IT Manufacturing, Mobile CVD Slashed
to 1% from 5%
Trade Value up by about 17% in the Fourth Quarter of 2010
G-7 Sells Yen in First Joint Intervention in more than
Decade
Japan’s Wagyu Beef Exports,
Rice Output Threatened by Radiation
Vol28 No 02
DGFT Clamps Down on Deemed Export Incentives
Customs Clarifies that World Cup
Trophy was Held Back at Airport for Re-export on Request from ICC
Dollar Exports Up by 49% in Feb 2011
Review of CVD on PET from India at EC
Panel Backs Brazil in Zeroing Dispute with US
EU Appeals WTO Ruling in China Steel Fastener Dispute
EU,
Colombia, Peru Initial FTA
DRI Kolkata Seizes Ref Sanders Wood and Sanitary Goods on
Way to Nepal
Vol28 No 03
World Trade Up 14.5% in 2010, 2011 Forecast 6.5%
India Moves Up to 20th Place in World Exports and 13th
Position in World Imports
India Moves Up to 10th Position Among
Service Exporters
G-20 Cannes Summit 3-4 November 2011 – Outcome Documents
Vol28 No 37
After Biodiesel,
EU Cracks Down on US Bioethanol
No Ministerial
Declaration in WTO Dec Meet?
10th
Year Celebration of Doha Public Health Declaration
Hillary Clinton
Visits Burma, Seeks US entry to Curb Yunnan
China and ASEAN
Signs Agreement of Trade in Services of ACFTA
Korean Lawmakers
Ratify US FTA
FAO Calls for 70
percent Rise in Food Production by 2050
China Retaliates
on US Dumping Investigation on Solar Panels
US, EU Consider
Launching Bilateral Trade Talks
EU India Trade
Deal by Feb 2012
China Shows
‘Deep Concern’ Over ITC Ruling on Injury to Solar World
October Dollar
Export Rise 10.8%, Imports rise 21.7%
Cabinet Approves
Additional Funds of Rs. 2050 Crs
under Interest Subvention Scheme for SMEs
Vol28 No 38
China Completes 10 years at WTO
China Marks
Decade in WTO Amid EU, U.S. Criticism
Japan Expands
Rice Ban as Contamination Spreads
USITC Find
Injury in Steel Pipe from India, Oman, UAE and Vietnam
USITC to
Expedite Five-Year (Sunset) Review on Fresh Garlic from China
EU Announces Compliance with Airbus Subsidy Ruling
US Proceedings against Chinese Solar Panels Continue;
Beijing Denies Harm for US Manufacturers
Montenegro’s WTO
Accession Package Adopted
Rupee Hits
Historic Low against Dollar – Falls Below Rs. 53.00
Euro Trades Near 11-Month Low to Reach $1.30 Before Italy, Germany,
Spain Auction Bonds
Dollar-Rupee Rate at NSE Futures
Vol28 No 39
WTO Launches
Integrated Trade Intelligence Portal for Accessing Trade Policy Information
After Eighteen
Year “Marathon,” Russia Crosses WTO Finish Line
India May Join
U.S.-China Solar Trade Spat
Anand Sharma Asks All Countries to ESCHEW Protectionism
Rupee Jumps Most
Since May 2009 on Central Bank’s Move to Curb Speculation
Anand Sharma Rules Out Standstill in Tariff at WTO Ministerial
Member Budget Charge
Taken Away from Sheila Sangwan
in Mid-Course of Budget 2012 Build Up
Blaze at Cargo Warehouse
at Delhi International Airport – Airlines Offices Gutted
FIEO President Ramu Deora puts in Papers One
Year before End of Tenure
Rafeeque Ahmed Elected FIEO President for Second Time
Rice Exports to Triple this Year
Shrinking
Surplus May Help China in Undervaluing Yuan
Markel, Sarkozy Meet on
Euro Rescue Plan
India Tries to
Pay Iran in Rupees in Barter Deal for Oil as US Law Threatens Sanctions against
India
Iran-Korea,
Japan and China Fall in Line
100 Per Cent FDI
in Single Brand Retail Notified
Rupee Expected
to Rise 48-50 Range against Dollar by 2013
FDA Halts Orange
Juice Imports for Test
China Trade Slumps in December
China Snubs
Geithner on Iran Oil, Japan Plans Cut
China Spurs $115
Billion Australia Port, Rail Boom: Freight
Vietnam Signals
Cuts in Interest Rates as Asia’s Fastest Inflation Eases
Authorised Banks for e-Payment through ICEGATE for All Customs
Locations w.e.f. 16.01.2012
Seizure of 9th
to 12th Century Antiques on Nepal Route by Siliguri
Customs
Excise
Commissioner Held in Bribery Case
World Bank Cuts
Outlook as Euro Region Contracts
Euro Advances as
IMF Said to Seek $1 Trillion
South Africa Exporting
Corn Risks Depleting Domestic Supplies
World Commercial
Services Trade Rises 12% in Q2, Brazil, Russia, Switzerland and India Lead
10 LDCs on Fast
Track to Join WTO
Argentina Starts
Compulsory Licensing, Import Balancing for All Imports from 1 February
Obama Blocks
Proposed Canada – Texas Oil Sands Pipeline
Brazil Advances
$2.2bn for Ethanol Production
SOPA and PIPA in
Congress to Curb Internet Freedom and Wikipedia
Vodafone
International Holdings B.V. vs. UOI (Supreme Court)
RBI Cuts CRR by 50 Points, Injects Rs. 32,000 crs Liquidity in
Economy to Push Growth
India takes over
as President of SAARC Chamber
India uses Yen
to Square up Iran Oil, Dithers on Accepting the
falling Rupees
Wheat Production
in Russia, CIS Reaches Record
Rupee Rises by
38 paise to the Dollar, Hits 49.648
India, Thailand:
PMs want Free Trade Pact by Mid-2012
Myanmar's
Natural Gas and Oil Pipelines
India Signs OECD
Convention on Assistance in Tax Matters
December Dollar
Export Rise 6.71%, Imports Up 19.81%
FIEO President
Calls for Investment Incentives to Reach Export Target
Dollar-Rupee Rate at NSE Futures
No Export Quotas
for Bhutan, India Allows Transit for Bhutan Trade with Bangladesh
Industry Leaders
Met FM in Pre Budget Meets
Cabinet Approves
Compulsory Local Content for Electronic Goods
Pak gets WTO
Waiver on EU TRQ for Pak
India Prepared for
Rate Cut as Central Bank Sees Inflation Easing: Economy
EU, India Trade
Talks Make Progress Ahead of February Summit
EU Inks
Anti-Counterfeiting Pact
China Raw
Material Export Restrictions Illegal, Says WTO Appellate Body
African Union
Aims for Continental Free Trade Area by 2017
Crude Rises but
Gas Falls, World Sugar on the Rise, Rice Falls
China in Trade
War with EU Over Carbon Emission Levy
Cargill says
Food Prices Set to Rise
US Trade Gap
Rises to $48.5bn in November
Mauritius Trade
Minister Calls on Anand Sharma
Finance Minister
hopes an Upward Revision in the GDP Growth
G.K. Vasan Strongly Advocates PPP Mode in Port Investment
Mauritius PM Navinchandra Visits India
BHP Billiton
First-Half Profit Drops 5.5%
China moves to
Fund EU Stability with $3tn Reserve
Tensions over EU
Emissions Levy Reach New Heights as China Tells Airlines not to Comply
Rupee Falls by
26 paise to Reach 49.29 to the Dollar
US gives up on Zeroing of Anti-dumping Investigations, Signs
Pact with Brussels and Tokyo
China to
Subsidise GM Crops in Three Nongs Policy
EU gives Euro
100mn Three Year Trade Package to Pak in Textiles, Leather and Ethanol
China Solar
Panels may Face Retrospective Duties to Punish Import Surge
Argentina on go Slow
in Automatic Licence Approval, Approval Rate only 33%
Rupee Falls by
35 paise to Reach 49.64 to the Dollar
Pak to Announce
Negative List for Indian Exports Soon
DGFT on Sectoral Review Mode for Annual Foreign Trade Policy
Pascal Lamy Points to Africa for Food Trade and Production
Dominican
Republic Loses on Plastic Bag Safeguards Case at WTO
Rupee Gains by
33 paise to Reach 49.32 to the Dollar
American Jews
Object to Khullar’s Plan for Iran Export Promotion
Rupee Steadies at
49.33 to the Dollar
ECGC to Stop
Cover on Exports to Iran
EU Expected to
Ban Iranian Banks from Swift
Rupee Steadies
at 49.25 to the Dollar
Protests on Anti Counterfeiting Pact Mount in EU
Farm Subsidies
Cuts Hearings begin US Congress
US Industry Pushing to Sideline
Doha?
Carpet Expo
Flags Off at Pragati Maidan,
China Marks Presence as Future Buyer
Rupee Steadies
at 49.21 to the Dollar
European
Insurers Say “No” to Iran Trade, Warnings to Finish Contracts before 1 July
Kyrgyzstan
Applies for Customs Union with Russia to Create “Common Economic Space”
Oil Trades Near Nine-Month High on Iran Tension
Danube Freezes Hampering Trade
Too much Rice in
the World Market, India to Pump in 6.5mn tonnes, Price Crash Soon
Euro Rises with Greek Bailout
News
Gold Imports in
2012 Estimated at 900 tonnes
Value Added
Measures – iPhones are Made in Japan and Korea, China
does the Final Assembly only
Rupee Gains by 13
paise against Dollar
Rupee Falls by 16
paise against Dollar