Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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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.
AISI, Other Associations Call for Currency Reform for China
10 June 2010 - The American Iron and Steel Institute and five other North American steel industry trade associations have sent a letter to the U.S., Canadian and Mexican Trade and Finance Ministers urging “strong and coordinated” efforts to achieve “a large and sustained appreciation” of China’s currency.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Subsidization of Drill Pipe from China
09 June 2010 - The Department of Commerce has announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the CVD investigation on imports of drill pipe from P.R. China, noting that Chinese exporters including mandatory respondent DP Master Group have received countervailable subsidies of 15.72%.
Industry Task Force Applauds UL Action on Electrical Metallic Tubing from China
20 May 2010 - Members of the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports and its Customs Task Force are applauding recent efforts by Underwriters Laboratories to notify the public about unsafe Chinese electrical metallic tubing.
Commerce Finds Dumping, Subsidization of PC Strand from China
18 May 2010 - In the antidumping duty investigations on imports of prestressed concrete steel wire strand from China, the Department of Commerce has determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold the product in the U.S. at 42.97 to 193.55%. In the countervailing duty case, Commerce determined that Chinese producers/exporters have received net countervailable subsidies ranging from 8.85 to 45.85%.
ITC to Uphold Duties on Stainless Wire Rod from Five Countries
17 May 2010 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty orders on stainless steel wire rod from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. Therefore, the existing orders will remain in place.
SSINA Urges Responsible Enforcement of Cuban Embargo
14 May 2010 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America issues statement to the House Ways and Means Committee encouraging stricter enforcement of the U.S. regulations on trade with Cuba, particularly with respect to China.
ITC Determines OCTG from China Injures U.S. Industry
04 May 2010 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by imports of oil country tubular goods from China that Commerce has determined are sold at less than fair value. Commerce will therefore issue an antidumping duty order.
Commerce Initiates Circumvention Investigation on CTL Plate from China
30 April 2010 - The U.S. Department of Commerce is initiating an antidumping circumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of cut-to-length carbon steel plate from P.R. China are circumventing the duty order by containing small amounts of boron.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Seamless Pipe from China
23 April 2010 - The Department of Commerce announced on April 22 its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from P.R. China.
Commerce Finds Dumping of OCTG from China
14 April 2010 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on April 9 its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of oil country tubular goods from P.R. China. Commerce determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold OCTG in the United States at margins ranging from 29.94 to 99.14%.
AISI Opposes Decision to Delay Naming China a Currency Manipulator
13 April 2010 - AISI issues a statement expressing disappointment regarding the Obama Administration’s recent announcement that it would delay a decision on whether to declare China a currency manipulator, which had been expected by April 15.
Canadian Tribunal Delivers Mixed Findings on OCTG from China
24 March 2010 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal finds that dumped and subsidized coupling stock OCTG from China had not caused or threatened to the domestic industry, but that dumped and subsidized casing and tubing OCTG from China had.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Magnesia Carbon Brick from China, Mexico
05 March 2010 - The Department of Commerce announced on March 4 that it preliminarily determined that Chinese and Mexican producers/exporters have sold magnesia carbon brick in the United States between 132.74 and 349.00%, and 54.73% less than normal value, respectively.
