Fair Trade: Commerce Initiates Anti-Circumvention Inquiry, Tariffs Announced
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September 19, 2018
In response to a request from the Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood, the U.S. Department of Commerce will initiate an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether plywood with face and back veneers of radiata or agathis pine is circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duties on hardwood plywood products from China. Legislators in Wisconsin and West Virginia introduced a bipartisan bill that would give the Commerce Department the flexibility it needs to take stronger actions and would improve the outcomes of anti-circumvention petitions.
President Trump has announced tariffs on $200 billion in imports from China, effective September 24.
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