Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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SMA: There's Reason to be Cautiously Optimistic About the Domestic Steel Industry
27 January 2017 - Representatives of the Steel Manufacturers Association said the industry is “cautiously optimistic” about its prospects under the Trump administration.
China Exceeds 2016 Capacity Cut Target, But Much More Remains
19 January 2017 - Although China cut up to 80 million metric tons of steel capacity last year, much of it was already idle and did little to reduce output, reports the Reuters news service.
U.S. Commerce Department Affirms Hefty Duties on Chinese Plate
18 January 2017 - The U.S. Commerce Department has made its final determinations on a trade case on Chinese cut-to-length plate, setting anti-dumping and countervailing margins of more than 300 percent.
China Exported Less Steel in 2016 -- About 4 Million Fewer Metric Tons
13 January 2017 - China’s steel exports fell 3.5 percent in 2016 as the country executed on plans to curtail capacity and as improved domestic demand diverted supply, reports the Reuters news service.
Trump Nominates U.S. Trade Representative
03 January 2017 - Retired Nucor Corp. chief executive Dan DiMicco, who has been advising Donald Trump and assisting the President-elect’s transition, was passed over for the job as U.S. trade representative, but said the nominee, former Reagan administration official Robert Lighthizer, is a fine pick.
A Market Economy or Not? China Turns to the WTO for an Answer
12 December 2016 - Chinese officials said they are initiating dispute-resolution procedures against the U.S. and the European Union over their refusal to recognize the country as a market economy, marking the beginning of a fight over how anti-dumping tariffs are assessed against the country.
India Extends Import Protection for 19 Steel Products
05 December 2016 - The Indian government is extending a minimum import price for 19 steel products, but is allowing the measure to lapse for many others.
Commerce Department Finalizes Anti-Dumping Duties on Cut-to-Length Plate
01 December 2016 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has set final dumping rates of between 42% and 94.1% on cut-to-length plate from Turkey, Brazil and South Africa.
UAE Might Challenge U.S. Anti-Dumping Tariff
22 November 2016 - The United Arab Emirates may take the United States to task over new anti-dumping duties the country has imposed on imported circular welded carbon-quality pipe.
U.S. ITC Sets Duties on Steel Pipe from Three Countries
18 November 2016 - The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday affirmed anti-dumping duties on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from three countries.
EU Sets Anti-Dumping Duties on Chinese Pipe, Tube
14 November 2016 - The European Union is imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on seamless pipe and tube from China.
Canadian, Mexican Officials Say They're Open to Discussing NAFTA with U.S.
10 November 2016 - Canadian officials have extended a hand to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, telling him that the country will work very closely with the new administration and that it is willing to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, reports The (Toronto) Globe and Mail newspaper.
EU Looks to Strengthen Trade Measures
08 November 2016 - Some leaders in the European Union are hoping to push ahead with an effort to stiffen the union’s anti-dumping tariffs, revising them to be more in line with those imposed by the United States, reports The (London) Financial Times.
U.S. Trade Officials to Pursue Duty Evasion Investigation
07 November 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department will proceed with investigations into whether Chinese steel producers are circumventing anti-dumping duties by exporting to Vietnam for processing and then exporting it into the U.S., reports The Wall Street Journal.
Commerce Department Sets Anti-Dumping Duties on Steel Plate
07 November 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set preliminary anti-dumping duties on carbon and alloy cut-to-length plate from China and eight other Asian and European nations.
U.S. Producers Materially Injured by Dumped Rebar , Says Trade Commission
03 November 2016 - U.S. producers appear to have been harmed by dumped rebar from Japan, Taiwan and Turkey, the U.S. International Trade Commission said in a preliminary ruling on Thursday.
India Sets Anti-Dumping Duties on Certain Chinese Steel Products
03 November 2016 - India’s finance ministry is imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on hot-rolled bar and rod from China, according to reports.
U.S. Adds Two More Steel Products to Anti-Dumping Duty List
25 October 2016 - U.S. trade officials have made final determinations on two types of steel products from countries in the Middle East and Asia.
Canadian Legislators to Study Steel Dumping
24 October 2016 - A Canadian parliamentary committee is undertaking a study of the factors that are hindering the country’s steelmakers from competing internationally, including unfair trade.
Europe's Steel Industry Urges EU Leaders to Toughen Trade Measures
17 October 2016 - Nearly six dozen of Europe’s top steel executives have called upon European Union leaders to support measures that would protect the industry from unfair competition.
