Final ITC Hearings on China Tire Duties Held
In what some consider a perfunctory hearing, the International Trade Commission yesterday held its session to consider final pleas from opponents and advocates of new countervailing and antidumping duties on imported China-produced consumer tires. With the final testimony of numerous parties now in hand, including that of several members of Congress and the USW as
Change Will Have to Come
It will take some time before the dust fully settles, before all of the final decisions are made and all of the appeals exhausted. And only then will we be able to fully understand all of the direct ramifications of the absurd countervailing and anti-dumping duties heaped on imported China-produced consumer tires. Trade protection is
UPDATE: Commerce Department Declares Anti-dumping Duties
Preliminary anti-dumping duties for certain passenger and light truck tires imported from China were set Jan. 21, 2015, by the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration. The duty rates vary between 19.17% and 87.99% before adjustments. As a result of the investigation, the following companies were handed a 19.17% duty rate before adjustments: Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd.,
Commerce Says Difficult China Case Needs More Consideration
Citing the “extraordinary complexity of this case and the number of firms whose activities we must investigate,” the U.S. Commerce Department this morning pushed back the date for it to make a preliminary decision on its investigation of consumer tires imported from China. This marks the second time the Commerce Department has delayed its preliminary
Senate Democrats Support Investigation into Chinese Tire Dumping
Several Senate Democrats are supporting the Commerce Department’s investigation of the dumping of Chinese tire imports in the U.S., according to The Hill. On Monday, 31 Democratic senators sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker in support of the agency’s decision to examine tire imports. The letter also urged action to restore fair trade
