Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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Atlas Tube Pleased with Canadian Trade Case Against Chinese Piling Pipe
03 August 2012 - Atlas Tube Canada Inc., Harrow, Ontario, is pleased with Canada Border Services Agency's preliminary determination on imports of dumped and subsidized piling pipe from China.
China Appeals Steel Dispute Panel Report at WTO
20 July 2012 - On 20 July 2012, China filed a notice of appeal with the World Trade Organization in dispute case DS414 with the U.S. concerning “countervailing and anti-dumping duties on grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel from the U.S."
U.S. Commission Votes To Keep Antidumping Duties on Stainless Steel Bar
17 July 2012 - The U.S. International Trade Commission determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty orders on stainless steel bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
Trade Tribunal Inquiry Indicates Injury to Canadian Industry in Welded Pipe Case
16 July 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined there is a reasonable indication that the alleged dumping of certain carbon steel welded pipe from seven countries and the subsidization of the above-mentioned goods from three countries have caused injury or retardation or are threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.
India Escalates U.S. Steel Duties Dispute at WTO
13 July 2012 - India has asked the World Trade Organization to set up a panel to adjudicate on its dispute with the United States over U.S. duties on some imports of Indian steel products, the WTO said on Friday.
U.S. ITC Votes to Expedite Sunset Review of Duties on Seamless Pipe from Germany
06 July 2012 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to expedite its five-year "sunset" review concerning the antidumping duty order on certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Germany.
Canadian Tribunal Makes Preliminary Ruling in Trade Case Against Chinese Pipe Piling
05 July 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) make a split determination in the preliminary results of its findings in a trade case against Chinese pipe piling imports.
Canadian International Trade Tribunal Initiates Expiry Review of Seamless Well Casing
27 June 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its finding made on 10 March 2008, in Inquiry No. NQ-2007-001, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of seamless carbon or alloy steel oil and gas well casing from China.
AK Steel Applauds WTO Decision That Chinese Duties Were Unjustified
18 June 2012 - AK Steel applauded the decision of a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organization that China had no legal basis to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of grain oriented electrical steel from the U.S. beginning in December 2009.
USITC Upholds Import Duties on Certain Pipe and Tube After Five-Year Sunset Review
14 June 2012 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that revoking the existing countervailing duty order on certain circular welded pipe and tube from Turkey and the antidumping duty orders on these products from Brazil, India, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
Canacero Monitoring Unfair Steel Imports into Mexico
13 June 2012 - Mexico's steel and iron ore association, Canacero, has started to monitor steel imports through a new program which aims to detect and fight unfairly undervalued transactions.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Welded Pipe Imports from Four Countries
25 May 2012 - The Department of Commerce announced its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from India, Vietnam, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.
Canadian Trade Tribunal Initiates Inquiry into Welded Carbon Steel Pipe
18 May 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by Novamerican Steel Inc. and Bolton Steel Tube Co. Ltd. that they have suffered injury as a result of the dumping of certain carbon steel welded pipe from Chinese Taipei, the Republic of India, the Sultanate of Oman, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, and the subsidizing of these goods from the Republic of India, the Sultanate of Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.
USITC to Uphold Antidumping Orders on Tin- and Chromium-Coated Steel Sheet from Japan
16 May 2012 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on tin- and chromium-coated steel sheet from Japan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
Canadian Agency to Investigate Dumping, Subsidizing of Carbon Steel Welded Pipe
15 May 2012 - The Canada Border Services Agency is initiating investigations into the alleged injurious dumping of carbon steel welded pipe. The Agency is also initiating investigations into the alleged injurious subsidizing of some carbon steel welded pipe from the Republic of India, the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
Canadian Tribunal Initiates Inquiry on Steel Piling Pipe from China
08 May 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint of injury resulting from dumping and subsidizing of steel piling pipe from P.R. China.
Canadian Tribunal Initiates Expiry Review for HR Carbon Plate from China
30 April 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has initiated an expiry review of its orders made on January 9, 2008, concerning the dumping of hot-rolled carbon steel plate from China.
ITC to Conduct Sunset Review of Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Products
10 April 2012 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to conduct full five-year (sunset) reviews concerning the countervailing duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea and the antidumping duty orders on such products from Germany and Korea.
Commerce Delivers Mixed Preliminary Ruling on Welded Steel Pipe from Multiple Countries
28 March 2012 - The Department of Commerce announced its affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from India and Vietnam, and its negative preliminary determinations in the CVD investigations of imports of such steel pipe from Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
Commerce Initiates AD, CVD Investigations of Drawn Stainless Sinks from P.R. China
23 March 2012 - The Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced the initiation of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of drawn stainless steel sinks from P.R. China.
