At a recent WTO committee meeting, China raised concerns with the anti-dumping measures imposed by various other governments, and Japan raised concerns with anti-dumping measures by China.

As the EU and China are in the midst of seeking to calm trade tensions, two new anti-dumping actions may get in the way: An anti-dumping investigation by the EU into imports of Pekin duck from China, and an EU decision to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese

Based on an agency decision made last week, imports of truck bodies from China will be subject to Canadian anti-dumping duties ranging from around 120% to over 250%.

Canada has imposed provisional tariffs on imports of canned vegetables, with a determination on final tariffs for these products scheduled for September.

In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Commerce has made preliminary anti-dumping / countervailing duty (AD/CVD) determinations on van-type trailers and subassemblies from China.

In a submission as part of the remedy phase of a U.S. safeguards investigation into imports of quartz surface products, the Chinese government argued for exclusion of Chinese products from any remedy.

The Government of New Zealand has begun a safeguards investigation of certain aluminum extrusion products. The investigation will examine global imports, but is likely to focus heavily on imports from China.