Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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Canada Initiates Expiry Review of Duties on Carbon Steel Welded Pipe from China
07 December 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has initiated an expiry review of its finding made on 20 August 2008 concerning the dumping and subsidizing of certain carbon steel welded pipe from China.
Mexico Opens Anti-Dumping Probe Into China Seamless Steel Pipes
23 November 2012 - Mexico’s economy ministry said on Wednesday it has opened an anti-dumping probe into Chinese seamless steel pipes after local company TAMSA complained of price differences between the Asian imports and domestic production, Reuters reports.
U.S., Russia Reach Draft Deal on Hot Rolled Steel Trade
19 November 2012 - The U.S. Commerce Department said it had reached a draft agreement with the Russian government to revise a 13-year-old deal governing imports of hot-rolled steel, Reuters reports.
U.S. Agency Determines Imports Are Not Hurting U.S. Pipe and Tube Industry
15 November 2012 - The U.S. International Trade Commission determined that imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from a host of countries have not injured or do not threaten to injure the U.S. industry; as a result, no antidumping or countervailing duty orders will be issued on the imports.
Canada Agency Makes Final Ruling in Trade Case Against Standard Pipe Imports
14 November 2012 - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made final determinations in the trade cases investigating standard pipe imports from the Chinese Taipei, India, Oman, Korea, Thaialnd, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
China Slaps Anti-Dumping Tariffs on European, Japanese Steel Tubes
09 November 2012 - China said it will impose five-year anti-dumping tariffs on high-performance stainless steel tube imports from the European Union and Japan, highlighting commercial tensions between Beijing and major trading partners, Reuters reports.
Time Running Out for New U.S.-Russia Steel Deal
05 November 2012 - The U.S. is poised to slap steep anti-dumping duties on Russian hot-rolled steel in early December if the two sides cannot work out a new agreement in the coming weeks, according to Reuters.
AK Steel Responds to WTO Decision That Chinese Duties Violated Rules
19 October 2012 - AK Steel commended the U.S. Trade Representative for successfully defending China’s appeal of a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel decision that China had no legal basis to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of grain oriented electrical steel (GOES) from the U.S. beginning in December 2009.
China Loses WTO Appeal in U.S. Specialty Steel Case
18 October 2012 - China comprehensively lost an appeal on Thursday against a World Trade Organization ruling in a dispute over U.S. exports of a specialty steel product that is primarily made in the presidential battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Concerns Raised Over Price Volatility and Protectionism at worldsteel Conference
12 October 2012 - Price volatility and fear of increasing barriers to trade were on the minds of speakers and delegates at the annual conference of the World Steel Association that began in New Delhi on Wednesday, Platts reports.
U.S. ITC Will Conduct Full Sunset Reviews of Duties on Rebar from Seven Countries
12 October 2012 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to conduct full five-year sunset reviews concerning antidumping duty orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Belarus, China, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine.
China Launches WTO Challenge Over U.S. Anti-Subsidy Tariffs
17 September 2012 - China filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday, 17 September to challenge a new U.S. law on "countervailing duties", or tariffs intended to combat export-promoting subsidies.
WTO to Probe U.S. Duties on Some Indian Steel Products
03 September 2012 - The World Trade Organization agreed to investigate the legality of U.S. countervailing duties on certain Indian hot-rolled carbon-steel flat products, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
Canada Agency Says Removing Import Duties on Chinese Plate Would Lead to More Dumping
24 August 2012 - The Canada Border Services Agency determined that allowing antidumping duties on hot rolled steel plate from China would likely result in the continuation or resumption of dumping.
China Escalates U.S. Trade Row, Asks WTO to Judge Dispute
24 August 2012 - In a move that escalates a trade row with the United States, China said it would ask the World Trade Organization (WTO) to adjudicate a dispute over U.S. punitive import duties on 22 Chinese exports, including solar panels and steel products.
U.S. Commission Votes Not to Sunset Import Duties on German Pipe
21 August 2012 - In the final results of a five-year sunset review, the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Germany would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
Canadian Tribunal Initiates Final Inquiry in Standard Pipe Trade Case
15 August 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a final injury inquiry respecting the dumping of carbon steel standard pipe imports from the Chinese Taipei, India, Oman, Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.
Canada Agency Makes Affirmative Preliminary Determination in Standard Pipe Unfair Trade Case
13 August 2012 - The Canada Border Services Agency made preliminary determinations of dumping and subsidization of carbon steel welded pipe from several countries including Chinese Taipei, India, Oman, Korea, Thailand, Turkey and the UAE.
U.S. Tubular Producers Mull Trade Case
09 August 2012 - Northwest Pipe Co. and other American producers of energy tubulars are compiling data on imports with an eye toward potentially filing a trade complaint, the company's president and CEO confirmed this week.
Canadian Tribunal Initiates Final Inquiry on Steel Piling Pipe from China
06 August 2012 - On 3 August, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an inquiry respecting the dumping and subsidizing of certain carbon and alloy steel pipe piles, commonly identified as piling pipe, in outside diameter ranging from 3.5 inches up to and including 16 inches (8.9 cm to 40.6 cm) inclusive, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China.
