Category: Trade Cases

Import duties on cut-to-length plate from South Korea and Italy were recently updated by the International Trade Administration (ITA), which is a part of the US Department of Commerce.

A bipartisan group of US senators has written a letter requesting a clear deadline for an export monitoring agreement of Mexican steel products into the US market.

The US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has updated the antidumping duties on coated sheet imports from South Korea and Taiwan.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) made its final injury determination in a sunset review of import duties on circular welded pipe from a handful of countries.

A count of November license applications suggests steel imports were at their lowest monthly level in 33 months.

SMU asked the two major US steel associations for their thoughts on the Steel Standards Principles. Here’s what they had to say.

On Dec. 6, US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reintroduced the Clean Competition Act, an environmental trade directive that would impose charges on imports from more carbon-intensive manufacturers.

A coalition of manufacturers, retailers, and stakeholders stands opposed to the imposition of import duties on tin mill products.

Steel dominated the industries seeking repeated relief from unfair trade between 1995 and 2020, according to a new report compiled for the International Trade Commission (ITC).

Last week was billed as big. The annual meeting of members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in San Francisco convened amid much fanfare. A much-anticipated meeting between President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China was a featured event. So also, was the anticipated completion of the framework agreements establishing the Indo-Pacific Economic […]

European Aluminium, an association representing the entire European aluminum value chain, announced in a press release that it supports the European Commission's proposed 12th package of sanctions against Russia.

Certain welded steel pipe and tube products being exported from Vietnam to the US have, in fact, been illegally evading the payment of import duties, a US government agency announced this week.

Alan Price discussed the deep complexity of issues in the Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum negotiations between the US and EU on Wednesday’s Community Chat.

The US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) is updating import duties on hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan and South Korea.

The American steel industry is the backbone of the US economy and produces the cleanest steel in the world.

The long-anticipated US-EU summit took place on October 20. There was wide anticipation that the two sides would announce a partial agreement on steel and aluminum policy and perhaps an agreement on critical minerals, such as lithium for electric vehicle batteries. Even modest accomplishments such as these were not to be. Instead, the US and […]

After a meeting Friday at the White House, the EU and US issued a joint statement noting no concrete movement towards a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum.

The US and EU have apparently decided to move part way to a deal on steel and aluminum that will prevent a resumption of Section 232 tariffs.

The US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) is updating the antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) on cold-rolled steel imports from South Korea.

The US will host the European Commission and the European Council at a summit in Washington on Oct. 20. A trade agreement on steel and aluminum will likely be on the agenda.

The US Department of Commerce has issued its final ruling in an expedited sunset review of antidumping duties on imports of tin mill products from Japan.

The US and European Union will continue trade talks on Friday, Oct. 20, according to a statement from the European Council.

The 2023 term continues a series of very eventful Supreme Court sessions, similarly to 2021 and 2022 terms.

Last week the World Trade Organization (WTO) held its periodic retreat for members to discuss the future of the organization.

ArcelorMittal said it expects to produce less steel than previously forecast in Brazil. Gerdau has hinted at potential layoffs as imports surge. The Brazil Steel Institute is asking the government to raise import levies to 25% from the existing 9.6%. Meanwhile, Mexico has applied levies to some steel imports.

US President Joe Biden is set to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel on Oct. 20 in Washington ahead of a deadline for an agreement on steel, according to a report in Reuters.

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has laid out a case for China’s failure to comply with its World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations, which it joined in 2001.

Deputy United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jayme White met on Wednesday with Mexico’s Under Secretary of Economy for Foreign Trade Alejandro Encinas, and discussed issues regarding the “surge” into the US of Mexican steel and aluminum imports.

Trade policy moves create great ironies sometimes. I often write about these ironies when the US acts against the interests of the country as a whole by protecting certain industries from international competition. But the US is not alone, especially in recent years as the World Trade Organization and the international geopolitical order have been […]

As the global trading system, which used to be “rules-based,” continues its slide toward the absence (defiance? disregard?) of rules, governments around the world are trying new things.