House OKs legislation allowing duties

Mar 06, 2012 | 05:57 PM | Catherine Ngai

Tags  House of Representatives, Commerce Department, anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, non-market economy, GPX, Catherine Ngai

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives approved legislation Tuesday that gives the Commerce Department authority to continue applying countervailing duties in addition to anti-dumping duties to imports from non-market economies like China and Vietnam.

The bill (H.R.4105) was introduced last week in response to a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in December upholding an earlier Court of International Trade (CIT) decision in the case of GPX International Tire Corp. ....





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