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Solar industry groups urge Commerce to reject circumvention claims

More than 240 solar energy companies are pressing the Commerce Department to issue negative rulings in a set of probes into solar products imported from Southeast Asia, warning that affirmative determinations would constitute an “improper expansion” of U.S. trade remedy law. In a Nov. 16 letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, released by the Solar Energy Industries Association, the companies contended there was “ample evidence” to support negative determinations. The probes, launched earlier this year, involve claims by domestic manufacturer...

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China challenges Section 301 tariffs at WTO, calling them a 'gross violation' of rules


China drops antidumping case against U.S. sorghum

China on Friday announced that it was ending an antidumping investigation into imports of U.S. sorghum amid ongoing trade talks between the two countries. China’s Commerce Ministry said its investigation had found the tariffs would lead to higher living costs for Chinese consumers, Reuters reported . The ministry said it would return deposits it had collected as a result of the preliminary duties, according to Reuters. In April, China announced preliminary antidumping duties of 179 percent on U.S. sorghum “This...

Commerce issues preliminary CVD determination in aluminum sheet case

The Commerce Department on Tuesday said Chinese exporters of common alloy aluminum sheet receive significant countervailable subsidies. The preliminary subsidy margins outlined by Commerce range from 31.20 percent to 113.30 percent of the value of imported common alloy aluminum sheet from China. Commerce said it will instruct Customs and Border Protection to require cash deposits based on these rates. “The Department self-initiated this case to defend the domestic aluminum industry from unfair Chinese trade practices,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said...

ITC terminates Section 337 investigation brought by U.S. Steel

The U.S. International Trade Commission last week terminated the Section 337 case brought by U.S. Steel against Chinese steel manufacturers, officially ending a two-year investigation into alleged unfair trade practices. The antitrust claim, in which the company accused Chinese steel producers of fixing prices and controlling steel output, was terminated by the Commission last month after the ITC tossed U.S. Steel's transshipment claim last November. The company's third claim -- accusing Chinese steel company Baosteel of receiving and acting upon...

Commerce postpones preliminary AD ruling in Chinese aluminum sheet probe

After deeming its self-initiated antidumping investigation into common alloy aluminum sheet from China “extraordinarily complicated,” the Commerce Department has postponed a preliminary determination until June. Commerce last November self-initiated what it called “historic” AD and countervailing duty probes into imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from China. The CVD preliminary determination is expected later this month, but the AD verdict has been pushed back by 50 days. “Because Commerce has the support of cooperating parties and has deemed the investigation...

Trump to direct USTR to publish tariff list for Chinese goods, bring WTO case against Beijing

President Trump today will direct U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to take actions against China’s unfair trading practices that will include raising tariffs on Chinese products and litigation at the World Trade Organization. He will also direct Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to make recommendations based on the findings of USTR’s Section 301 investigation, which will include investment restrictions that go beyond what is covered under the purview of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, according to senior...

Trump to sign memorandum on China tariffs, direct Treasury to take investment action

President Trump this afternoon will sign a presidential memorandum “targeting China’s economic aggression,” announcing that his administration will impose tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese products and directing his Treasury secretary to take action to restrict Chinese investment in the U.S. The announcement is the culmination of a seven-month investigation by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative into Beijing’s intellectual property and forced technology transfer practices. Its findings will be made public this afternoon. USTR also is expected...

ITC terminates 337 antitrust claim against Chinese steel manufacturers

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Monday terminated the final claim brought by U.S. Steel in a two-year-long Section 337 investigation against Chinese steel manufacturers, giving the ITC the option of imposing remedies on any defaulting respondents in the probe. The antitrust claim was the last active piece of the case after the ITC tossed U.S. Steel's trans-shipment claim last November. The company's third claim -- accusing Baosteel of receiving and acting upon trade secrets stolen from U.S. Steel by...

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