Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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EU Sets Tariffs on Two Steel Products from China
07 October 2016 - The European Union is imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on hot-rolled sheet and heavy plate from China, saying that the products were being sold at “heavily dumped prices.”
NAFTA Changes Would Impact U.S., Mexican Economies
05 October 2016 - Revisions to, or outright cancellation of, the North American Free Trade Agreement, would negatively impact both the U.S and Mexico, according to CRU steel consultant Thais Terzian.
Chinese Steelmakers Trying to Evade U.S. Import Tariffs, American Steelmakers Allege
23 September 2016 - Several U.S. steelmakers are accusing their Chinese counterparts of circumventing newly imposed tariffs on cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant steels by diverting products into another country before exporting them.
U.S. Announces Preliminary Duties on Stainless Sheet, Strip
12 September 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set has set preliminary anti-dumping duties of 63.9 and 76.6 percent on stainless sheet and strip from China.
Commerce Department Proposes Big Countervailing Duty on Chinese-Made Plate
08 September 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set preliminary countervailing duties of 210.5 percent on Chinese-made cut to length plate, ruling that producers there have been benefitting from unfair government subsidies.
U.S. Trade Commission OKs Duties on Cold-Rolled Imports
02 September 2016 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has affirmed the imposition of anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled steel from four countries, but has declined to apply them to Russian imports.
Steel Not on the G-20 Agenda for China
30 August 2016 - China is keen on discussing its financial reforms during the upcoming Group of 20 summit – and less so on talking about the world’s excess steelmaking capacity, reports The Nikkei Asian Review.
U.S. Trade Commission Affirms Duties on Certain Pipe and Tube Imports
17 August 2016 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has signed off on anti-dumping duties against imported heavy-walled, welded carbon pipe and tube from three countries.
Bloomberg: China Falling Behind on Capacity Reduction Goal
16 August 2016 - A recent upturn in coal and steel prices is testing the determination of Chinese provinces and companies to cut excess capacity, and, in fact, have put the country behind early goals for doing so, according to the Bloomberg news service.
U.S. Is Vigorously Enforcing Trade Laws, Says Commerce Department Secretary
12 August 2016 - U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker said that with 161 steel-related trade cases now on the books, the government is fully committed to enforcing trade laws.
Commerce Department Sets Duties on Hot Rolled Coil Imports
08 August 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department will impose anti-dumping duties of between 3.7 and 34.3 percent on hot rolled coil from seven countries, the department has announced.
India Extends Import Protections on Certain Steels for Another 60 Days
08 August 2016 - The Indian government has extended its import price floor for certain steel products by an additional two months, reports The (India) Economic Times.
EU Sets Duties on Cold Rolled Imports
04 August 2016 - The European Union is imposing anti-dumping duties on cold rolled steel from China and Russia, reports The Wall Street Journal.
New Monitoring System Could Generate Better Steel Import Policies, Officials Say
02 August 2016 - U.S. officials stopped at ArcelorMittal Cleveland’s integrated mill on Monday to publicize an expanded steel trade monitoring system, a new tool meant to aid in the fight against unfairly traded imports.
Indian Steelmakers Urge Government to Extend Import Price Floor
28 July 2016 - Indian steelmakers are pressing the government to retain the import price floor it imposed on 173 steel products earlier this year, arguing that it has helped hold back a flood of low-cost steel and improved margins.
Commerce Department Clears the Way for Anti-Dumping Duties on Cold Rolled Steel
22 July 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set final anti-dumping margins of between 1 percent and 35.4 percent on cold rolled steel from five countries – Brazil, Korea, Russia, India and the United Kingdom.
Nucor's Profits Rise in Second Quarter
21 July 2016 - Nucor Corp.’s second-quarter profit rose to US$233.8 million on and improving supply-side conditions, the company reported Thursday.
U.S. Commerce Department Affirms Structural Tubing Duties
19 July 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has signed off on anti-dumping duties on carbon structural tubing from three countries.
China Makes a Record Amount of Steel in June
15 July 2016 - Chinese steel mills produced crude steel at a rate of 2.32 million metric tons per day in June, making the month the busiest ever -- on a daily basis -- for the country’s steelmakers, reports the Bloomberg news service.
NAFTA Panel Mostly Rejects Mexican Challenge to U.S. Duty Order on Rebar
14 July 2016 - A North American Free Trade Agreement review panel has generally upheld a finding that U.S. producers had been harmed by unfairly traded Mexican rebar exports.
