New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing (“CVD”) duty investigations were filed on April 10, 2019 by the Coalition for Fair Trade in Ceramic Tile (“Petitioner”) against imports of ceramic tile and vanities from China....more
New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing (“CVD”) duty investigations were filed on March 6, 2019 by the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance (“Petitioner”) against imports of wooden cabinets and vanities from China....more
New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) and/or countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigations were filed on February 20, 2019 by Vulcan Steel Products Inc. (“Petitioner”) against imports of carbon and alloy steel threaded rod (“CASTR”) from...more
New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) duty investigations were filed on February 18, 2019 by the Coalition for Acetone Free Trade (“Petitioner”) against imports of acetone from Belgium, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, and...more
New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigations were filed on February 1, 2019 by the American Institute of Steel Construction, LLC (“Petitioner”) against imports of certain fabricated structural...more
New US antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty investigations were filed on September 21, 2018 by Encore Wire Corporation and Southwire Company (petitioners) against imports of aluminum wire and cable from China....more
New US antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty investigations were filed on August 8, 2018 by Dexstar Wheel, a division of Americana Development, Inc. (petitioner) against imports of certain steel wheels from China....more
President Trump on July 10, 2018 fired another salvo in the trade war with China when he proposed the imposition of a 10% tariff on another $200 billion of Chinese goods. This proposal is a counterattack on China’s...more
A new US antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) case was filed on June 20, 2018 by the Coalition for Fair Rack Imports against imports of Certain Quartz Surface Products from China. The case targets numerous US...more
Making true on his earlier threat, President Trump on June 15, 2018 approved the imposition of a tariff of 25% on approximately $50 billion worth of Chinese imports. Last April, the Administration issued a proposed list of...more
New US antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty investigations were filed on May 21, 2018 by Worthington Industries and Manchester Tank & Equipment Co. (petitioners) against imports of steel propane cylinders from...more
A new US antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) case was filed on April 16, 2018 by Cambria Company LLC against imports of Certain Quartz Surface Products from China. The case targets numerous US importers and Chinese...more
On April 4, 2018, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) proposed 25% tariffs on a multitude of imported goods from China. The covered products span 1,300 separate tariff classification lines....more
A new US antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) case was filed on March 26, 2018 by Accuride Corporation and Maxion Wheels Acron LLC (petitioners) against imports of Certain Steel Wheels from China.
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New US antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty investigations were filed on March 27, 2018 by GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc., and Chattam Chemicals, Inc., (petitioners) against imports of glycine from China, India,...more
On March 19, 2018, the Department of Commerce (“DOC”) published a notice of interim rules for requesting exclusions from the new Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. These tariffs, 25% on steel and 10% on...more
On March 8, 2018, President Donald Trump invoked section 232 national security provisions to impose import tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum articles from all countries except Canada and Mexico.
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On February 16, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) released its reports in the Section 232 investigations on steel and aluminum. The investigations were carried out under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of...more
New US antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petition was filed on January 30 against imports of rubber bands from Thailand, China and Sri Lanka.
Based on the petition, rubber bands (also known as an elastic...more
New US antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions were filed on January 25 against imports of cast iron soil pipe from China.
Cast iron soil pipe and fittings are used primarily in building construction for...more
New US antidumping (AD) duty petitions were filed on January 17 against imports of large diameter welded pipe from Canada, Greece, India, China, South Korea and Turkey. In addition, countervailing duty (CVD) petitions...more
New US antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty investigations were filed on December 27, 2017 against imports of plastic decorative ribbons from China. These products, mainly used for decorative purposes such as gift...more
New US antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty investigations were filed on November 30 against imports from China and France of sodium gluconate (GNA), gluconic acid (GA), and close derivatives, liquid gluconate (LG)...more
Chinese aluminum exports are again the target of a new U.S. trade action. On November 28, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) self-initiated antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations against...more
The U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC" or "Commission") unanimously determined on September 22, 2017 that low-cost, imported solar equipment has caused serious injury to the domestic solar cell and panel industry. As...more