(Reuters) - The United States and Japan are discussing possible emergency protection for Japanese farmers in case a Pacific trade deal leads to a surge in U.S. imports, a senior Japanese official said on Friday. Japan's Deputy Chief Negotiator Hiroshi Oe said both Japan and the United States were navigating a difficult domestic situation, with farmers in both countries keeping a close watch on discussions, and it was not easy to narrow gaps.

Japanese steelmakers, which yesterday reported foreign imports at a nine-year high for April, are weighing action to stem the flow of steel from abroad, risking heightened tensions with trading partners South Korea and China.

Officials from Japan and the United States have yet to break the deadlock over bilateral issues in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks.

The largest merchant solar cell producer, Neo Solar Power (NSP) with 2.2GW of capacity in Taiwan has drawn-up contingency plans to potentially offset any negative outcome of preliminary rulings on the latest anti-dumping investigation in the US. Preliminary rulings countervailing duties are expected next week during one of the largest PV industry gatherings in Munich, Intersolar Europe, while anti-dumping rulings are expected next month.

The Secretariat of Economy (SE), Government of Mexico, has concluded an antidumping investigation and imposed a definitive antidumping duty on imports of synthetic fibre (man-made fibre or MMF) blankets from China.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a proposed trade deal. There is a concerted effort by the White House and corporate lobbyists to keep the deal a secret, and there has been a shocking and disappointing lack of press coverage. This trade deal will offshore more American jobs, increase income inequality, raise medicine prices, threaten Internet freedom and undermine critical food, environmental and health safeguards. They want to activate Americans' anxieties about a rising Chine and then sell the as the counter to it.

(VOV) – US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker began a one-day visit to Vietnam on June 2 in a bid to accelerate Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations.

(Reuters) - China has begun levying an anti-dumping tax on a chemical imported from the European Union and the United States, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of issues that could fuel rising trade tensions. Trade ties have been strained by a series of dumping disputes, including a major one involving solar materials between China and the European Union.

New Zealand mulls public interest test for anti-dumping penalties WELLINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand government is weighing introducing a public interest test into its anti-dumping regime in a bid to help drive down costs in its housing market, Commerce Minister Craig Foss said Tuesday.

HA NOI (VNS)— Few Vietnamese exporters have applied for Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status, which would allow them to benefit from expedited customs procedures. Vice head of Post-Customs Clearance Examination Department under the Viet Nam General Administration of Customs Le Thu said that in 2011, Viet Nam started allowing certain businesses to be prioritised during customs procedures. These businesses would have to submit fewer documents to customs offices and undergo fewer tests and inspections.