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Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
Latest News
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.
Canadian Tribunal Finds Injury from Welded Pipe from China
22 August 2008 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has found that dumped and subsidized carbon steel welded pipe from P.R. China has caused injury to the domestic industry.
Commerce Finds Unfair Dumping of Small-Diameter Graphite Electrodes from China
20 August 2008 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announces its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of imports of graphite electrodes from China.
AISI Comments on Breakdown of Doha Round Talks
31 July 2008 - AISI comments on this week’s breakdown of the Doha Round Talks in Geneva, emphasizing the support of the American steel producers for the actions of Ambassador Schwab and her negotiating team.
Commerce to Issue Duties on Rectangular Pipe, Tube from Three Countries
18 July 2008 - The U.S. Department of Commerce will issue a countervailing duty order on imports of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China, and antidumping duty orders on imports of these products from China, Korea, and Mexico.
AISI Joins American Scrap Coalition
07 July 2008 - The American Iron and Steel Institute joins the American Scrap Coalition to urge strong government action to eliminate the taxes and other market access barriers that numerous offshore governments maintain on their exports of steel scrap.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Unfair Subsidization of Stainless Pressure Pipe from China
02 July 2008 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announces an affirmative preliminary determination in the anti-subsidy investigation of stainless pressure pipe from China.
ITC Vote Authorizes Duties on Welded Steel Pipe from China
23 June 2008 - The U.S. ITC confirms material injury related to imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from China that are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value, leading to the issuance of countervailing and antidumping duty orders by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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