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Section 337 Petition Against Chinese Steel Faces At Least Two Hurdles

April 29, 2016 at 3:22 PM
A section 337 petition filed this week by the U.S. Steel Corporation that seeks to ban all imports of Chinese steel due to illegal, unfair competition could run into two key hurdles in terms of domestic law and World Trade Organization rules that limit import restrictions, according to private-sector sources. The petition filed on April 26 with the International Trade Commission (ITC) cites price fixing and charges that government subsidies coupled with collusion within the Chinese steel industry led to...

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