Russia has also imposed anti-dumping duties on Ukrainian pipes, one of the country's main exports.

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Governments often impose anti-dumping duties on foreign products to right this terrible wrong.

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However, on April 19th Argentina announced anti-dumping duties on some Brazilian steel products.

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The government recently imposed fresh anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports of sodium bicarbonate, for example, at the request of Penrice Soda Holdings, Australia's sole producer of soda-ash crystals, which appear in everything from animal feed to antacids.

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Brazil fumes (and rightly so) over anti-dumping and other punitive duties on its most competitive exports, including shoes and orange juice as well as steel.

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