Britain's Trade Remedies Authority has recommended imposing anti-dumping duties on Chinese rutile titanium dioxide, a whitening agent used in paints and paper. The TRA found that dumped imports from China pose an imminent threat of injury to the U.K.'s domestic production industry, which employs over 570 people.
The recommendation signals Britain's ongoing efforts to shield domestic industries from perceived unfair trade practices, potentially impacting global supply chains for key industrial materials and influencing trade relations with China.
Britain's Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has recommended that the government impose new anti-dumping duties on imports of rutile titanium dioxide from China. The whitening agent, used in paints and paper, was found by the TRA to be dumped in Britain from China, posing an imminent threat of injury to U.K. production.
"Our investigation has found that the U.K.'s titanium dioxide production industry faces a real and immediate threat from dumped imports from China," said TRA Chief Executives Jessica Blakely and Carmen Suarez. "The measure that we have proposed today will help to protect this key UK industry that employs over 570 people, contributes millions to the country's economy and supplies hundreds of downstream U.K. businesses."
Britain's business minister, Jonathan Reynolds, will make the final decision on whether to impose the duties after a period for public feedback on the TRA's initial recommendation. The move comes as Britain seeks to protect domestic industries in a fragmented global trade environment, having recently replaced steel safeguards with a tougher measure amid concerns over cheap steel imports from China.
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