Commerce self-initiates first multi-country circumvention probe

The Commerce Department on Wednesday announced it is self-initiating a first-of-its-kind probe of whether corrosion-resistant steel products from several countries is circumventing U.S. antidumping and countervailing duties. The investigation will involve CORE products made with “with substrate from China or Taiwan, completed in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Malaysia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)” and then exported to the U.S., Commerce said in an Aug. 14 statement. Wednesday’s action marks the first time the agency has self-initiated circumvention inquiries...