TRADE DEFENCE

The U.S. Department of Commerce is accelerating its section 232 investigation into the national security effects of aluminium imports by moving up from 29 June to 23 June the deadline for submitting written comments, data, analyses and other pertinent information. More

As the EU’s legislative process for trade defence reform moves into the hands of the European Parliament, a new impasse has arisen. The vote of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy – held on 30 May 2017 – demonstrates the European Parliament’s persistence to tighten the EU’s anti-dumping rules, and its disapproval of the political compromise previously reached between EU governments. More

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recently indicated that the U.S. Department of Commerce is considering whether to initiate a section 232 national security investigation of imported semiconductors because of their “huge defence implications” and the fact that mainland China is ramping up its domestic production. More

The U.S. Department of Commerce has self-initiated separate investigations under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine whether increasing imports of foreign-made steel and aluminium threaten U.S. economic security and military preparedness. More