Dumping

Kevin Robert Dean qualiall_2 at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 18 09:16:52 PDT 2001


So can the WTO sanction the US for violating "free trade" when they enact anti-dumping laws? Or does "free trade" only mean when it is at the US's convineinece to do so?


>From the Financial Times: (URL too long to post)

US acts over steel dumping By Reuters Published: August 18 2001 00:02GMT

The US International Trade Commission on Friday found that the US steel industry is being injured by cheap hot-rolled steel from Argentina and South Africa that is being dumped in the country.

The ITC also found that Argentina's subsidised hot-rolled steel shipments to the US are injuring the steel industry.

As a result of the ruling, the US Commerce Department will put in place anti-dumping and countervailing duties on the Argentine hot-rolled steel imports and anti-dumping duties on the South African product.

The US ITC decision stems from an investigation that began in November and was requested by leading steel producers.

The agency is also investigating anti-dumping and countervailing duty allegations against several other steel-producing countries, including China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Ukraine.

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