April 9th, 2009
“The U.S. steel industry filed an antidumping suit against China, covering $2.7 billion of imports, alleging that steelmakers there unfairly dumped specific types of tubular and pipe steel onto the U.S. market last year.
The case, one of the biggest ever filed by the U.S. against China, is likely the beginning of a string of steel-dumping cases against China, say attorneys representing steel workers and manufacturers.
“I think there are going to be a lot of trade cases, steel and nonsteel, filed against China,” said Roger Schagrin, one of the lead attorneys representing the seven domestic companies and the United Steelworkers union, which filed a petition with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce. “China continues exporting massive amounts of products despite decreasing U.S. demand.”
See the rest here…Â Steel
April 9th, 2009
Today was an interesting presentation from the Turkey Consulate. Turkey, you might ask?
Among the many impressive economic data supplied, they are among Europe’s top producers in a number of categories…the 15th largest economy in the world and the 6th largest in Europe. They claim to have the youngest population in Europe! Access to a number of Middle Eastern countries makes Turkey an attractive Euroasian place to do business.
Among the services they are prepared to offer Midwestern manufacturers include:
*Business Data
*Market/Sector information
*Information on Rules and Regulations (they have 15 Trade Agreements in place already in the Middle East
*Trade Mission Arrangements
*Assist in finding business partners.
Well, I said, “where do I sign on the dotted line”? I left my marketing information with them and look forward to his reply. Coincidentally, the manufacturer sitting across the aisle from me said he uses a local Turkish sales agent, so I gave him all my info too.
This exercise didn’t cost me a dime and what do I have to lose?
In case you missed the previous posts, here’s the link…Â GoGlobal#2
April 9th, 2009
A session this afternoon about the pending legislation….called Trade Agreement Parity (TAP)… that addresses the disparity between trading partners who have Free Trade Agreements and U.S. manufacturers.  Trade Agreement
Here’s the web site for further information, sign up and join in to support US manufacturers….http://www.naftz.org/
So far this conference has produced good information for those of us who export or plan to do so.
See post #1.. http://blogs.e-rockford.com/manufacturing/2009/04/08/go-global-ii-conference-1/..
