Justice petition seeks to nix court decision

Mar 06, 2012 | 06:29 PM | Catherine Ngai

Tags  Justice Department, Appeals Court, Commerce Department, non-market economy, Catherine Ngai

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has filed a petition for a rehearing to vacate a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that upheld an earlier Court of International Trade (CIT) decision that anti-dumping and countervailing duties could not be applied simultaneously to non-market economies (NMEs) like China and Vietnam, according to documents obtained by AMM.

The petition was filed Monday as legislation allowing the imposition of both duties was still winding its way through Congress but ahead of a March 5 Appeals Court deadline for a rehearing request in the case of GPX International Tire Corp.....





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