Sens. Baldwin, Braun push Commerce to investigate Chinese mask makers

The Commerce Department should self-initiate antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into Chinese mask manufacturers, Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) said on Thursday. In a June 23 letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo , the senators, both members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, cite several New York Times reports they say show domestic mask manufacturers are shuttering because Chinese-made products are being sold in the U.S. below production costs. “This unfair competition is putting...