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U.S. Economic Growth Revised Down to 2 Pct in Q3
Dec 24, 2015The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday revised down its estimate for the real gross domestic product(GDP) in the third quarter to a growth of 2 percent, slightly lower than its last projection of 2.1 percent. The growth was on par with ...
Tags: U.S.Economic, Down
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The U.S. Trade Deficit in December Jumped to The Highest Level
Feb 9, 2015The U.S. trade deficit in December jumped to the highest level in more than two years as exports fell and Americans bought a record amount of imports — a potentially worrisome development that could weigh on overall economic growth. ...
Tags: Trade Deficit
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US to Issue Countervailing Duty Orders on Imports of These Products From Chinese Mainland
Jan 22, 2015The International Trade Commission (ITC) of the United States ruled Wednesday that an American industry is materially injured by reason of imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China, paving the way for the U.S. ...
Tags: PV Products, Punitive Duties
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US Commerce Department to Take Anti-Dumping Investigation on Chinese Melamine Imports
Dec 12, 2014The U.S. department of commerce announced that they would take anti-dumping countervailing investigation on Chinese melamine imports on Nov.3, this investigation may lead the United States imposing punitive tariffs on these products that ...
Tags: Melamine, punitive tariffs
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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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The Drop Was Heavily Weighed by an Expected Plunge in Volatile Aircraft Orders
Oct 16, 2014Orders to U.S. factories fell in August by the largest amount on record, but the drop was heavily weighed by an expected plunge in volatile aircraft orders. A key category that tracks business investment plans posted a small increase, ...
Tags: Factory Orders
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CMA to Fight to Impose a Duty of 105% on CMA's Imports OTR Tires
Oct 14, 2014Double Coin Holdings LLC and its American subsidiary, China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA), plan to fight the U.S. Department of Commerce’s preliminary decision to impose a duty of 105% on CMA’s imports of off-the-road (OTR) ...
Tags: Antidumping, AD rate
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The Ministry of Commerce Fixed Wool Import Quota at 287,000 Tons
Oct 8, 2014The Ministry of Commerce, Government of China, has fixed wool import quota at 287,000 tons and for wool tops at 80,000 tons for 2015. China has kept its import quota of wool and wool tops unchanged since 2006, even though the country ...
Tags: China Fixes, Wool Import, Textile
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China Manufacturing Loses Growth Grip
Sep 19, 2014China's manufacturing sector expanded in August but at a significantly slower pace, as production rates and new orders softened. The Flash China Manufacturing PMI, published by HSBC in conjunction with Markit Economics, fell 1.4 points to ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, China Manufacturing
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New Orders to U.S. Production Plants Soared a Record 10.5% in July
Sep 11, 2014New orders to U.S. production plants soared a record 10.5 percent in July on a 74 percent bookings spike in the volatile transportation sector. The somewhat misleading double-digit gain was propelled by an eye-popping 317.3 percent surge in ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Hardware
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The U.S.Cannot Determine Which Refiners and Smelters Are Financially Fueling Violence
Sep 7, 2014The U.S. government finally acknowledged Friday it cannot determine which refiners and smelters around the world are financially fueling violence in the war-torn Congo region. The Commerce Department published a list of more than 400 ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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The U.S. Economy Grew at a Brisk Annual Rate of 4.2% After a Bleak Start to The Year
Sep 1, 2014After a bleak start to the year, the U.S. economy grew at a brisk annual rate of 4.2 percent in the April-June quarter, the government said Thursday, slightly faster than it had first estimated. The upward revision supported expectations ...
Tags: U.S.Economy, goods and services
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Orders for Long-Lasting Manufactured Goods Rebounded in June
Aug 18, 2014WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in June after a May decline, helped by a recovery in demand in a key category that signals business investment plans. Orders for durable goods increased 0.7 ...
Tags: Orders, U.S., Electrical, Electronics
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DOC Issued Thursday Its Final Antidumping Determinations
Aug 13, 2014The US Department of Commerce (DOC) issued Thursday its final antidumping determinations concerning imports of grain-oriented silicon steel (GOES) from Germany, Japan, and Poland. None of the foreign producers in the three countries ...
Tags: US, antidump, Metallurgy, Mineral
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US Manufacturing Expanded for The 14th Straight Month in July
Aug 4, 2014US manufacturing expanded for the 14th straight month in July in a good sign for the overall economy. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, reported Friday that its manufacturing index rose to 57.1, ...