Lawyers: Portman, Brown-backed bill could bring big changes to AD/CVD laws

A bill introduced last week by Ohio Sens. Rob Portman (R) and Sherrod Brown (D) to tighten trade remedy laws could lead to a major reform of antidumping and countervailing duties investigations, according to lawyers who work on such cases. The bill , called the “Eliminating Global Market Distortions to Protect American Jobs Act,” would address "China's unfair trade practices" by building on the “Level the Playing Field Act” of 2015, Brown said on Thursday during a Senate Finance Committee...