ITC

A group of U.S. mattress and bedding manufacturers and two labor groups have filed a petition alleging mattresses from 12 countries are being sold at below-market rates, while those from a 13th country are benefitting from government subsidies. The filing accuses exporters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burma, India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Taiwan of dumping products into the U.S. market below fair value and suggests that Indonesian producers are benefitting from government subsidies eligible for...

The U.S. International Trade Commission has announced the start of the first of five investigations into the effects of trade policy on underserved communities, requested by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to build on last year’s initial report. The reports are scheduled to be released every three years, with the first expected to be submitted to USTR by January 2026, according to an ITC announcement on Wednesday . The newly launched probe is part of a push by...

U.S. auto production received a boost from the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s automotive rules of origin amid dampening impacts from pandemic-related shutdowns and other factors, the U.S. International Trade Commission says in an early investigation into the rules. In its report , released on Friday, the ITC presents the conclusions of the probe, required under the USMCA implementing legislation, into the economic impact and operation of the deal’s auto rules of origin – a major source of contention during the renegotiation of...

An antidumping case brought by a major U.S. steel producer could raise costs for consumers and put domestic canned goods producers at a disadvantage in competing against foreign competitors, according to a bipartisan group of House lawmakers. U.S. producer Cleveland-Cliffs, along with the United Steelworkers, in January filed a petition seeking antidumping duties on imports of tin-mill steel, used to make cans, from Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom. In March, the International...

The U.S. and the European Union continue to face critical challenges in trans-Atlantic talks on a “global arrangement” for steel and aluminum trade, two industry sources tell Inside U.S. Trade , questioning whether an October deadline can be met. “I remain very uncertain whether this negotiation with the EU is going to bear fruit,” Kevin Dempsey, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute, said in an interview on Tuesday. “I think both sides are negotiating in good...

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Tuesday asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to conduct an investigation into the greenhouse gas emissions of steel and aluminum producers to inform trans-Atlantic negotiations on a “global arrangement” being set up to address GHG emissions as well as non-market excess capacity. The U.S. and the European Union launched the talks on the “Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum” in October 2021 as part of a deal that led the Biden administration to...