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Will Stabilisation Limit Protectionism? The 4th GTA Report. Launched 18 February 2010

Latest Measure

Australia: Government Guarantee of deposits and wholesale funding Scheme

Measure #1192 | Published 18 Feb 2010 | Inception 28 Nov 2008 ▲

In response to crisis, the Prime Minister announced a Government guarantee of the deposits and wholesale funding of Australian deposit-taking institutions.

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Latest News

WTO says protectionism is still a risk - read John Miller's article in the WSJ

'Brakes applied to protectionist surge' - Alan Beattie (FT) reviews the WTO/OECD/UNCTAD report

An article of an important Brazilian newspaper cites GTA ranking of the countries most affected by protectionist measures.

GTA is mentioned in an article in “Valor Econômico”, one of the most important Brazilian newspapers specializing in economics with broad coverage of international trade.

Financial Times Deutschland, Dow Jones Newswires, and Reuters News cover GTA's Fourth Report

Recent Measures

New Zealand: Wholesale Funding Guarantee Facility ▲

New Zealand: Retail Deposit Insurance Scheme ▲

Uzbekistan: Measures to support exports ▲

Uzbekistan: Anti Crisis Action Programme 2009-2012 ▲

EC: Initiation of antidumping investigation concerning imports of certain continuous filament glass fibre products originating in China ▲

EC: Initiation on antidumping and CVD investigations on purified terepthalic acid and its salts originating from Thailand ▲

Turkey: Preliminary antidumping duty imposed on curtain, curtain cloth and upholstery ▲

Argentina: initiation of antidumping investigation on air conditioners originating from the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam ▲

Argentina: initiation of antidumping investigation on suits and jackets originating from China ▲

Argentina: initiation of antidumping investigation on polypropylene yarns originating from Brazil ▲

Indonesia: state support for aircraft manufacturer ▲

Russia: Initiation of review of anti-dumping duties on steel tubes from Ukraine ▲

Russia: Extension of the safeguard duty on tubes of large diameter ▲

Argentina: media denounces de facto prohibition on bovine meat exports ▲

Argentina imposes definitive AD duties on cooling pumps from China

▲ ▲ ▲ What do these mean?

Global Trade Alert provides real-time information on state measures taken during the current global downturn that are likely to affect foreign commerce. It goes beyond other monitoring initiatives by identifying the trading partners likely to be harmed by these measures.

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▲ Red	The measure has been implemented and almost certainly discriminates against foreign commercial interests.
▲ Amber	(i) The measure has been implemented and may involve discrimination against foreign commercial interests; OR (ii) The measure has been announced or is under consideration and would (if implemented) almost certainly involve discrimination against foreign commercial interests.
▲ Green	(i) The measure has been announced and involves liberalisation on a non-discriminatory (i.e., most favoured nation) basis; OR (ii) The measure has been implemented and is found (upon investigation) not to be discriminatory: OR (iii) The measure has been implemented, involves no further discrimination, and improves the transparency of a jurisdiction’s trade-related policies.