ITC says U.S. olive industry injured by Spanish imports

The U.S. International Trade Commission has found that the U.S. olive industry is being injured by imports of subsidized ripe olives from Spain, clearing the way for the Commerce Department to issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders. The vote in the case – which some European agricultural interests fear could be precedent-setting – was three to one, with Chairman David Johanson and Commissioners Irving Williamson and Rhonda Schmidtlein voting yes and Commissioner Meredith Broadbent voting no. A fifth commissioner, Jason...