GPCA slams antidumping procedures against mideast petchem exports.(Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association)(Brief article)

The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA; Dubai) says it will challenge antidumping procedures launched recently by China, the European Union (EU), and India against petrochemical exports from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, labeling the cases "protectionist measures in the garb of antidumping procedures." GPCA plans to investigate and recommend "specific actions" against trading partners that "restrict GCC petrochemical and chemical exports."

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China imposed antidumping duties last June on imports of butanediol from Saudi Arabia and launched an antidumping investigation into methanol imports from Saudi Arabia, as well …