Sens. Baldwin, Braun push Commerce to investigate Chinese mask makers

The Commerce Department should self-initiate antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into Chinese mask manufacturers, Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) said on Thursday. In a June 23 letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the senators, both members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, cite several New York Times reports they say show domestic mask manufacturers are shuttering because Chinese-made products are being sold in the U.S. below production costs. “This unfair competition is putting significant...