Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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AISI Praises House Passage of Stimulus Bill
16 February 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute praises the House passage of the stimulus bill aimed at revitalizing America’s economy and putting workers back to work.
AISI Praises House Passage of Stimulus Bill
16 February 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute praises the House passage of the stimulus bill aimed at revitalizing America’s economy and putting workers back to work.
Steel Industry Leaders Urge Preservation of Buy America Provisions
11 February 2009 - Steel industry groups are urging Congressional Leadership to maintain strong Buy America language in the final stimulus bill to ensure the funds will stimulate the domestic economy by putting industry workers back to work.
Steel Industry Leaders Urge Preservation of Buy America Provisions
11 February 2009 - Steel industry groups are urging Congressional Leadership to maintain strong Buy America language in the final stimulus bill to ensure the funds will stimulate the domestic economy by putting industry workers back to work.
AISI Releases Report to 111th Congress
05 February 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute releases the AISI Report highlighting the industry’s public policy priorities to the 111th Congress on Capitol Hill during a Congressional Steel Caucus Hearing.
AISI Releases Report to 111th Congress
05 February 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute releases the AISI Report highlighting the industry’s public policy priorities to the 111th Congress on Capitol Hill during a Congressional Steel Caucus Hearing.
Commerce Finds Dumping, Subsidization of Welded Stainless Pipe from P.R. China
26 January 2009 - The Department of Commerce makes affirmative final determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe from P.R. China.
Steel Industry Groups Support the American Steel First Act
19 January 2009 - The Buy America Coalition, comprising AISI, the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports, National Steel Bridge Alliance, and Steel Manufacturers Association, expresses support of The American Steel First Act, which would require the use of American-made steel products in federal construction projects and other federally supported projects.
Canadian Tribunal to Sustain Hot Rolled Plate Duties
12 January 2009 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal will sustain antidumping duties on dumped hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania.
Commerce Finds Dumping of Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from China
07 January 2009 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announces its final determination that Chinese producers are dumping small-diameter graphite electrodes in the United States.
USW Urges U.S. to Reject Latest Doha Paper for WTO Rules
30 December 2008 - USW issues statement calling on the Bush administration's top negotiators in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization to reject the latest draft rules, which undermine U.S. trade laws on illegal dumping and subsidies.
Commerce to Issue Duties on Welded Line Pipe from China
23 December 2008 - ABSTRACT: The U.S. Department of Commerce will issue a countervailing duty order on imports of circular welded carbon quality steel line pipe from China.
ITC to Revoke Duties on Steel Reinforcing Bar from Turkey
03 December 2008 - The U.S. ITC will revoke its existing antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey, following a negative injury determination in sunset review.
ITC to Conduct Sunset Review of CTL Plate from China, Russia, and Ukraine
05 November 2008 - The U.S. International Trade Commission votes to conduct full five-year sunset reviews for antidumping duty orders on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from China, Russia, and Ukraine.
Steel Associations Urge Market-Driven Solutions to Economic Crisis
04 November 2008 - Representatives of five major NAFTA steel associations and the Latin American Iron and Steel Association urge Western Hemisphere governments to remain vigilant and firmly committed to strong enforcement of national trade laws against potential non-market behavior by offshore governments and producers.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Welded Steel Line Pipe from China, Korea
03 November 2008 - The Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that producers/exporters from China have sold welded line pipe in the U.S. at 67.83% to 81.52% less than normal value, and that producers/exporters from Korea have sold this product in the U.S. at 0.00%and 2.34% less than normal value.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Steel Threaded Rod from P.R. China
03 October 2008 - The Department of Commerce announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of steel threaded rod from P.R. China.
U.S. Signs Suspension Agreement on CTL Steel Plate from Ukraine
30 September 2008 - The U.S. Department of Commerce signs a new, market-economy-based suspension agreement with representatives of three Ukrainian cut-to-length steel plate producers.
USW, Pipe Producers Applaud Finding against Imports from China
29 August 2008 - Domestic stainless pipe producers and the USW applaud a preliminary determination by the U.S. Department of Commerce that Chinese imports of welded austenitic stainless steel pressure pipe were dumped at a margin of 22.03%.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Stainless Pressure Pipe from China
29 August 2008 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announces its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on stainless pressure pipe from P.R. China.
