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USW Obiected to Lifting The Long-Standing Crude Oil Export Ban
Aug 3, 2015Leo W. Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers (USW), has testified before the US Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, reiterating his opposition to lifting the long-standing crude oil export ban, ...
Tags: crude oil, export ban
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US to Impose Punitive Duties on Chinese Tires
Nov 27, 2014The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced its preliminary affirmative determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation against imports of certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China, a move signaling that ...
Tags: Punitive Duties, Chinese Tires
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Tire Industry Urges The Government to Take Decisive Measures Against The Anti-Dumping
Nov 26, 2014The tire industry has urged the government to take decisive measures against the anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on tires imported from China after the United States Department of Commerce claimed on Monday that Chinese ...
Tags: tire industry, Tire
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DOC Has Set Additional Tariffs on Chinese Consumer Tire Imports
Nov 26, 2014The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) has set additional tariffs on Chinese consumer tire imports. Based on the decision -- which goes into effect immediately but can be reviewed at a later date -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is ...
Tags: tire imports, Auto
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US Will Make Tire Tariff Decision on Nov. 24
Nov 25, 2014The deadline for the United States Department of Commerce's preliminary determination in its countervailing duty investigation of passenger and light truck tires from the People’s Republic of China came and went on Friday, Nov. 21, ...
Tags: Tire Tariff, Auto
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US Steel Canada Will Lay off at Least 56 Workers
Nov 5, 2014US Steel Canada announced Monday that it will lay off at least 56 workers following its decision last week to idle its Hamilton coke ovens. According to local news reports, the idling will eventually affect about 100 of the plant’s ...
Tags: coke ovens, Metallurgy
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DOC Needs More Time to Determine Chinese Imports
Oct 10, 2014The Department of Commerce (DOC) needs more time to make a preliminary determination on an antidumping duty investigation against Chinese passenger and light truck tires. The DOC has moved the deadline from Dec. 1, 2014, to Jan. 20, 2015. ...
Tags: passenger tires, light truck tires, tire
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DOC Announced Its Affirmative Final Determination in The AD Investigation
Sep 25, 2014The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Tuesday its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from the Czech Republic. The DOC determined that ...
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US Producers of Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel by The US International Trade Commission
Sep 18, 2014US producers of grain-oriented electrical steel by the US International Trade Commission (ITC). AK Steel Corporation and Allegheny Ludlum, LLC, and the United Steelworkers appealed the decision to the Court of International Trade, while ...
Tags: Domestic GOES Producers, ITC, Metallurgy
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DOC Is Postponing The Due Date for The Preliminary Determination
Aug 20, 2014The United States International Trade Administration announced that the Department of Commerce (DOC) is postponing the due date for the preliminary determination in its countervailing duty investigation of passenger and light truck tires ...
Tags: DOC, Preliminary Determination, Auto Parts
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USW Has Won Round One in Its Fight to Increase Tariffs on Consumer Tire Imports From China
Aug 18, 2014The United Steelworkers union (USW) has won round one in its fight to increase tariffs on consumer tire imports from China. On June 15, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced it had initiated investigations into dumping ...
Tags: USW, Tariffs, Auto Parts
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ITC Determined That Consumer Tire Imports From China May Be Harmful
Aug 18, 2014The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined that consumer tire imports from China may or may soon be "materially" injuring the domestic tire industry. The ITC says there is "a reasonable indication" that the ...
Tags: ITC, imports, Accessories
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Here Is The Fact Sheet From Which The Itc Based Its Decision
Aug 18, 2014Why did the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) determine, in its own words, "there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of certain ...
Tags: Import, China, Accessories
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NATM Asked The U.S. DOC to Exclude Specialty Trailer Tires
Aug 15, 2014The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) has asked the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to exclude specialty trailer tires in the case it is investigating relative to unfair trade practices surrounding tires produced in ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories, Tire, Tyre
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Not a Single Tire Manufacturer Has Come out for or Against a Tariff
Aug 13, 2014The silence is deafening. Since the United Steelworkers filed a complaint against the influx of consumer tire imports from China, not a single tire manufacturer has come out for or against a tariff. Does that mean they want the United ...
Tags: Manufacturers, Tire, Auto Parts