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CapTrade Authors Reports on Gulf Airlines’ Subsidies
On August 24, 2015, The Partnership for Open and Fair Skies released Response to the Gulf Airlines’ Comments on Subsidies Valuations a follow-up to the January 25, 2015 report Evidence of Actionable Subsidies Received by Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways and Emirates Airline. Both reports were prepared by Charles Anderson of CapTrade.
ITC: Out with the Old (2013) and In with the New (2014)
2013 was a big year for new AD/CVD cases.
Reviewing ITC Sunsets
In total 77.8 percent of all reviews have gone affirmative while only 22.2 percent have gone negative. With each subsequent review cycle, the percentage of cases going affirmative has increased; specifically, 75.4 percent, 78.6 percent, and 89.2 percent of reviews have gone affirmative in the first, second, and third reviews of cases respectively.
Mayday: China Not Ready to Let Struggling Shipbuilders Sink
The government of China has decided to assist domestic shipbuilders by subsidizing the purchase of new ships to the tune of 1,500 yuan per gross ton (approximately $241*) until the end of 2015
USEC Stock Glows with LEU Sunset Win
On November 13, 2013, U.S. producer USEC prevailed in a sunset case involving low-enriched uranium imports from France, keeping antidumping duties in place for at least five more years, with a 3-1 win at the U.S. International Trade Commission.
U.S. Solar Industry, One Year Post-Order
In November of 2012 the U.S. International Trade Commission found that the U.S. solar industry was materially injured by imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules from China. The duties have had a discernible effect on both imports from China and from the rest of the world.
Petitioner NOES Best as Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Petition Is Filed Against Six Countries
The countries cited in the petition are China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.
You are My Sunshine: China’s Solar Panel Makers to Benefit from VAT Rebates
According to China’s official Xinhua news agency, the government will refund 50 percent of solar producers’ value added tax from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015 in order to prop up the struggling sector.