The Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants assurances that a Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal will not push up medicine prices. Federal Trade Minister Andrew Robb is hosting talks with 11 counterparts in Sydney this weekend, as progress towards a multi-lateral trade deal inches closer. If it is signed, the TPP agreement would cover 40 per cent of the global economy, and include countries like the United States, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, Chile and Australia.

Arguments and counter-arguments between China and the US over the anti-dumping duties on solar photovoltaic modules continue as China aims to block an attempt by the US Department of Commerce to expand the scope of the duties. The Department of Commerce had earlier asked industry stakeholders to comment on a proposal that would see anti-dumping duties levied on modules assembled in China but using raw material from any country. Currently, modules having raw material produced in China itself and Taiwan face anti-dumping duties.

United States Trade Representative Michael Froman announced today that the United States has won a major victory at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on behalf of U.S. farmers, including the U.S. poultry industry.   A WTO dispute settlement panel has found in favor of the United States in a dispute challenging India’s ban on various U.S.

During a trade officials' meeting between the European Union (EU) and China in Brussels on Saturday, both sides reached consensus on EU's dropping anti-subsidy probe against Chinese wireless communications equipment. Co-chaired by Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng and the EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, the meeting featured multiple-topic discussions on China-EU economic and trade ties and brought about "broad consensus," according to Chinese officials.

Anti-dumping lawsuits against imported products constitute an effective tool for enterprises to protect domestic manufacturing, experts said in a workshop in southern Can Tho city on October 17.  Anti-dumping cases were particularly significant in the context of country that is still in the process of integrating itself into the global economy, according to participants.

U.S. steelmakers called for tough anti-dumping action against South Korea welded API line pipes that could effectively block export of the products, a local traders association said Friday. According to the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), American Cast Iron Pipe Co. and seven other companies sued South Korean steelmakers such as Dongbu Steel, Dongyang Steel Pipe Co. and Hysco for unfairly undercutting prices and for receiving state subsidies. The U.S. companies also demanded action against line pipe manufacturers from Turkey.

Canada requested consultations under the disputed settlement provisions of the WTO, with China, regarding its anti-dumping duties on imports of cellulose pulp from Canada, said the world trade watchdog on Wednesday. According to the WTO, Canada claimed that the preliminary and final duty measures imposed by China in November 2013 and April 2014 "appear to be inconsistent with China's obligations under various provisions of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994."

Malaysia will impose anti-dumping duties of between 3.15 and 29.37 per cent on hot-rolled coils (HRC) imported from China, Indonesia and South Korea. The anti-dumping measures will be effective not more than 120 days from the tomorrow, the International Trade and Industry Ministry said in a statement. The measures are taken following a petition filed by Megasteel Sdn Bhd on behalf of local producers of hot-rolled coils on June 19, 2014.

Two Canadian paper and pulp producers on Thursday urged the federal government to put pressure on China to overturn the country's anti-dumping duties on dissolving pulp, a cellulosic material used to produce rayon. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Fortress Paper said on Thursday that it had been asking the Canadian government to petition China, on behalf of the Canadian pulp industry, to resolve the dispute equitably.

India broke World Trade Organization rules by blocking imports of U.S. poultry and other farm products because of unsubstantiated bird flu fears, a WTO dispute panel ruled on Tuesday, potentially opening up an estimated $300 million a year export market for the United States. India had claimed its import restrictions, imposed in 2007, were justified by international rules on animal health, but the panel agreed with the United States and found that India's measures were not based on international standards and were discriminatory.