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Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
Latest News
USITC to Continue Cases on Galvanized Steel Wire from China, Mexico
17 May 2011 - The United States International Trade Commission has determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of galvanized steel wire from China that are allegedly subsidized, and from China and Mexico that are allegedly sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
Commerce Investigates Galvanized Steel Wire from China, Mexico
26 April 2011 - The Department of Commerce recently initiated antidumping duty investigations of galvanized steel wire imports from China and Mexico and a countervailing duty investigation of galvanized steel wire from China.
Chinese Boron-Added Plate Held Subject to Antidumping Order
17 February 2011 - The Department of Commerce has issued an affirmative preliminary circumvention ruling determining that Chinese imports of cut-to-length carbon steel plate that include insignificant amounts of boron are subject to the antidumping duty order on CTL plate.
Commerce to Issue AD, CVD Orders on Drill Pipe, Drill Collars from China
08 February 2011 - The U.S. ITC has determined that a U.S. industry is threatened with material injury due to imports of drill pipe and drill collars from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.
USITC to Conduct Full Sunset Reviews on CTL Steel Plate from Five Countries
07 February 2011 - The U.S. ITC has voted to conduct full five- year "sunset" reviews on countervailing duty orders on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from India, Indonesia, Italy, and Korea, and antidumping duty orders on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and Korea.
Commerce Finds Dumping, Subsidization of Drill Pipe from China
05 January 2011 - The Department of Commerce announces its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on imports of drill pipe from P.R. China.
USITC Determines Seamless Pipe from China Threatens U.S. Industry
18 October 2010 - The United States International Trade Commission has determined that a U.S. industry is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. As a result, Commerce will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of these products from China.
House Resolution Supports Effective Enforcement of Trade Laws
01 October 2010 - Representatives Roy Blunt, Spencer Bachus, Sam Graves, Jo Ann Emerson, Todd Akin, and Blaine Luetkemeyer have introduced House Resolution 1681, supporting effective enforcement of United States trade laws. The Coalition for Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders praises the resolution.
Steel Industry Calls for Currency Reform Legislation
28 September 2010 - Five key steel organizations, including the American Iron and Steel Institute, have sent a letter to all the members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging their support of the amended version of H.R. 2378, The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act.
Commerce Finds Unfair Dumping, Subsidization of Seamless Pipe from China
14 September 2010 - The Department of Commerce announced on Sept. 13 its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on imports of seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from P.R. China.
USITC to Conduct Sunset Reviews of Stainless Sheet and Strip Imports
08 September 2010 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to conduct full five-year reviews concerning the countervailing duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip from Korea and the antidumping duty orders on stainless sheet and strip from Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Taiwan.
USITC to Conduct Sunset Review of Stainless Plate Imports
08 September 2010 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to conduct full five-year (sunset) reviews concerning the countervailing duty orders on stainless steel plate from Belgium and South Africa and the antidumping duty orders on stainless plate from Belgium, Italy, Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Unfair Dumping of Drill Pipe from China
09 August 2010 - The Department of Commerce has preliminarily determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold drill pipe in the United States at margins ranging between 0.00 (de minimis) and 429.29%.
Industry Group Applauds Introduction of ENFORCE Act of 2010
06 August 2010 - Members of the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports and its Customs Task Force applauded the introduction this week of the ENFORCE Act of 2010, legislation to end the circumvention and evasion of customs duties.
Commerce Finds Unfair Dumping, Subsidization of Magnesia Carbon Bricks
28 July 2010 - The Department of Commerce has announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on imports of magnesia carbon bricks from P.R. China and AD investigations on imports from Mexico.
AISI Opposes Electric Utility Cap-and-Trade Proposals
16 July 2010 - AISI expresses opposition to proposals for a cap-and-trade program directly regulating the electric utility sector because of the substantially negative impact such legislation would have on the international competitiveness of the steel industry.
AISI Disappointed in ‘Missed Opportunity’ to Confront Unfair Trade Policies
13 July 2010 - China’s undervalued currency continues to harm U.S. manufacturers, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute and its President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson. He recently offered a comment on the Administration’s decision to not declare China a currency manipulator.
ITC to Conduct Sunset Review of Hot-Rolled Steel from Brazil, Japan and Russia
07 July 2010 - The ITC has voted to conduct full five-year (sunset) reviews on a countervailing duty order on hot-rolled flat carbon-quality steel products from Brazil, antidumping duty orders on hot-rolled steel from Brazil and Japan, and a suspended investigation on hot-rolled steel from Russia.
AISI Commends Congressmen for Actions on China Currency
24 June 2010 - Congressmen Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) were commended by AISI's Thomas J. Gibson for their urgent call to the House of Representatives to pass their bipartisan legislation, The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2009 (H.R. 2378).
USITC Determines PC Strand from China Injures U.S. Industry
11 June 2010 - The United States International Trade Commission has determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by imports of prestressed concrete steel wire strand from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold at less than fair value.
