Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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USW: DOC's Preliminary Findings Leave Workers Exposed to Korean OCTG Imports
20 February 2014 - United Steelworkers (USW) international president Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Commerce's (DOC) negative preliminary antidumping determination regarding oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Korea:
USW: Duties on Illegally Traded Chinese Pipe Will Protect American Workers
13 February 2014 - United Steelworkers (USW) international president Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced that it would maintain antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese steel pipe imports.
IREPAS Provides Short Range Outlook for Long Products Markets
11 February 2014 - In its short range outlook for February 2014, IREPAS says difficulties in emerging markets are adversely impacting long steel business.
U.S. Files Trade Case Against Chinese Wire Rod
03 February 2014 - U.S. producers of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod have filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions against China.
Canada Agency Begins Final Investigation of Hot Rolled Steel from 7 Countries
21 January 2014 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an inquiry to determine whether the dumping of hot rolled carbon steel plate from seven countries has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury.
U.S. Challenges China's Non-Compliance in WTO Steel Dispute
14 January 2014 - The U.S. is requesting that China enter into consultations regarding China’s claim that it has brought its duties on U.S. exports of grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel (GOES) into compliance with WTO rules.
Canadian Import Duties on Hot Rolled Plate to Remain in Place
08 January 2014 - Imports of hot rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate from three specific countries will continue to be subject to antidumping duties as a result of a decision by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Imports of Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe
03 January 2014 - The U.S. Commerce Department determined that welded stainless pressure pipe from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam has been sold in the United States at dumped margins.
U.S. Agency Vote Will Result in Continuation of Duties on Hot Rolled Steel Imports
19 December 2013 - In a sunset review, the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that revoking import duties on hot rolled steel from six countries would be likely to harm the domestic steel industry.
AIIS Praises New WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
11 December 2013 - The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) applauded the trade facilitation deal reached 7 December 2013 by the 159 member countries of the World Trade Organization at the WTO’s just-concluded Ninth Ministerial Conference meeting in Bali, Indonesia.
Severstal Initiates Antidumping Investigation of Ukrainian Wire Rod
11 December 2013 - The Domestic Market Protection Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission has announced the start of an antidumping investigation after an application was filed by OAO Severstal and other Russian manufacturers.
AK Steel Applauds Ruling on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Imports
03 December 2013 - AK Steel applauded the fact that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has made a unanimous preliminary determination that non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) produced in several foreign countries is causing injury to AK Steel.
U.S. to Continue Electrical Steel Trade Case
03 December 2013 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of non-oriented electrical steel from six countries.
U.S. Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Producers Applaud Trade Case Ruling
21 November 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) made a unanimous (6-0) preliminary determination that foreign producers of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) are causing injury to the two U.S. producers of GOES and their workers.
U.S. Agency Votes to Continue Trade Cases on Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel
19 November 2013 - The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from seven countries.
U.S. Agency Votes to Continue Duties on Chinese Pipe for Another Five Years
12 November 2013 - As a result of the U.S. International Trade Commission's determination, import duties on steel pipe from China will remain in place.
Agency Rules Dumping of Hot Rolled Plate is Harming Canadian Industry
05 November 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping of hot rolled carbon steel plate from the Brazil, Chinese Taipei, Denmark, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and South Korea has caused injury or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.
U.S. Agency Votes to Continue Rebar Trade Case
04 November 2013 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico and Turkey that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and allegedly subsidized by the government of Turkey.
AK Steel Files Trade Cases Against Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Imports
30 September 2013 - AK Steel has filed antidumping duty petitions charging that unfairly low-priced imports of non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from six countries are causing material injury to the company.
AISI Says U.S. Government Must Address China's WTO Violations
23 September 2013 - Almost a dozen years after it acceded to the World Trade Organization (WTO) China continues to fail to comply with its obligations, says the U.S. trade association representing the majority of the nation’s steel producing companies.