Commerce Issues New Proposal For Defining 'Public Bodies' In CVD Cases

The Commerce Department earlier this month issued new guidance on how it will determine whether certain Chinese entities are "public bodies," and therefore could be subject to U.S. countervailing duties (CVDs). This action represents part of the U.S. effort to implement the findings of an adverse World Trade Organization decision in which the Appellate Body sided with China and found the U.S. must do more to show that an entity is actually a "public body." Observers close to U.S. petitioners...