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Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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USW Applauds ITC for Continuing Investigation of Welded Line Pipe from Korea and Turkey
01 December 2014 - The United Steelworkers (USW) union said that the International Trade Commission (ITC) took the correct action in voting to continue investigating antidumping and countervailing duties on welded line pipe from Korea and Turkey.
U.S. Agency Votes to Continue Trade Cases on Welded Line Pipe
28 November 2014 - The United States International Trade Commission determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain welded line pipe from Korea and Turkey that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
U.S. Steel Industry Applauds Wire Rod Imports Decision
21 November 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) applauded a recent decision by the Department of Commerce (DOC) to impose duties on wire rod from China.
AK Steel Wins Trade Cases on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel
20 November 2014 - AK Steel reported that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) reached an affirmative (4-1) final determination that the domestic industry producing non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) is materially injured by reason of dumped and subsidized imports from six countries.
ITC Rules Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Six Countries Injures U.S. Industry
14 November 2014 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that the U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value and are subsidized by the governments of China and Taiwan.
Steel Industry Group Provides Comments on Foreign Trade Barriers
07 November 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) told the trade arm of the federal government that existing “foreign trade barriers distort international trade and are extremely harmful to U.S. companies,” especially those in the steel industry.
USW Joins Petition for Duties on Welded API Line Pipe Imports
27 October 2014 - The United Steelworkers (USW) union has joined a petition calling on the U.S. Commerce Department (DOC) and International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on welded API line pipe imports from South Korea and Turkey.
U.S. Electrical Steel Producers to Appeal Decision in Trade Case
24 October 2014 - U.S. producers of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) will file an appeal of the negative decision on "material injury" by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
U.S. Agency Rules Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Four Countries Not Injuring U.S. Industry
24 October 2014 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that a U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from China, Czech Republic, Korea, and Russia that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the U.S. at less than fair value and from China that the DOC has determined are subsidized.
Steel Institute Applauds Decision to Revoke Russian Steel Agreement
22 October 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) applauded the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) decision to revoke the outdated “suspension agreement” with Russia, which has prevented antidumping duties from being imposed on imports of hot-rolled steel from that country to the U.S.
Steel Institute Applauds Rebar Imports Decision
16 October 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) issued the following statement on behalf of its U.S. producer members regarding the affirmative determination by the International Trade Commission (ITC) on rebar imports:
Import Duties to be Placed on Rebar from Mexico, Turkey After U.S. Agency Vote
15 October 2014 - The United States International Trade Commission determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico that are sold in the United States at less than fair value and from Turkey that are subsidized by the government of Turkey.
Steel Institute Testifies to China's Failed WTO Compliance
02 October 2014 - Upon joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) nearly 13 years ago, China pledged to liberalize its economy and bring its trading practices more in line with international norms but evidence shows that China continues to operate as a state capitalist regime, said Kevin Dempsey, senior vice president of public policy for the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), in testimony on 1 October 2014 to the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC), headed by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).
U.S. Electrical Steel Producers Welcome Final Determinations in Electrical Steel Trade Case
02 October 2014 - The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced final dumping margins for grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from the People's Republic of China, Russia, and South Korea and the final subsidy margin on GOES from the People's Republic of China, as follows:
U.S. Electrical Steel Producers Pleased with Dumping Margins Set in Trade Case
25 September 2014 - The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the final antidumping margins on grain oriented electrical steel (GOES) imported into the U.S. from the Czech Republic, as follows:
Electrical Steel Producers Appeal ITC Decision in Trade Case
22 September 2014 - U.S. producers of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) have filed an appeal of the negative decision on “material injury” by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
SMA Comments on ITC Hearing on Rebar Trade Case
17 September 2014 - The Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) commented on the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing on 15 September 2014, the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey and Mexico.
USW Calls DOC Decision on Dumped Rebar a Mixed Blessing
12 September 2014 - The United Steelworkers (USW) international president Leo W. Gerard released the following statement in regards to the U.S. Department of Commerce final investigation determination on dumped steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico and Turkey.
U.S. Makes Final Determination in Trade Case vs. Rebar from Mexico and Turkey
11 September 2014 - On 9 September 2014, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced the affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of rebar from Mexico, the affirmative final determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of rebar from Turkey, and the negative final determination in the AD investigation of imports of rebar from Turkey.
U.S. Agency Vote Means No Import Duties Will Be Place on Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel
01 September 2014 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that the U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from Germany, Japan, and Poland that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value.
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