9th March 2017 US Trade Law Update: March 2017

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PRESS RELEASE
Date: 9th
March 2017
Title: US Trade Law Update: March 2017
This bulletin is courtesy of the Law Offices of Nithya Nagarajan, LLC
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DECISIONS
Investigations:
 On February 3, 2017, Commerce published its preliminary determination in the less than fair value
investigation on dioctyl terephthalate from the Republic of Korea.
o Link to Federal Register
o Link to Factsheet
 On February 6, 2017, Commerce issued an antidumping duty order and amended final affirmative
antidumping duty determination on large residential washers from the People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 8, 2017, Commerce preliminarily determined sales to be at less than fair value in its
investigation on carbon steel flanges from India, Italy, and Spain.
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o Link to Factsheet
 On February 8, 2017, Commerce issued its final affirmative determination, in the countervailing duty
investigation of stainless steel sheet and strip from the People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
o Link to Factsheet
 On February 8, 2017, Commerce issued the final determination of sales at less than fair value and final
affirmative determination of critical circumstances in the antidumping duty investigation of stainless steel
sheet and strip from the People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
o Link to Factsheet
 On February 24, 2017, Commerce issued its preliminarily determination in the less than fair value
investigation on emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from Brazil, Mexico, Poland the Republic of Korea.
o Link to Federal Register
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Administrative Reviews:
 On February 10, 2017, Commerce published a correction to the final results of antidumping duty
administrative review of the order on multilayered wood flooring from the People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 15, 2017, Commerce published the final results of the admininstrative review of the
antidumping duety order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 16, 2017, Commerce issued its final results in the administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on small diameter graphite electrodes from the People’s Republic of China.

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 On February 17, 2017, Commerce amended the final results of the antidumping duty administrative
review; 2014-2015 on welded carbon steel standard pipe and tube products from Turkey.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 21, 2017, Commerce published the final results of antidumping duty administrative review
on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from Mexico.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 22, 2017, Commerce published the final results of antidumping duty administrative review;
2014-2015 monosodium glutamate from Indonesia.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 23, 2017, Commerce published its final results of review of the antidumping duty order on
certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 23, 2017, Commerce published the final results of administrative reviewon the antidumping
duty order for xanthan gum from the People’s Republic of China for the 2014-2015 and 2013-2014 review
periods.
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Changed Circumstances Reviews:
 On February 7, 2017, Commerce initiated, and issued the preliminary results of changed circumstances
review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture form the People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 7, 2017, Commerce initiated, and issued the preliminary results of changed circumstances
review of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on multilayered wood flooring from the
People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 16, 2017, Commerce issued preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews, and
intent to revoke antidumping duty order and countervailing duty order in part for certain crystalline silicon
photovoltaic products from the People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
Sunset Reviews:
 On February 3, 2017, Commerce automatically initiated the five-year review of the AD/CVD orders for
Uranium from Russia.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 3, 2017, Commerce issued final results for the expedited fourth sunset review of the
antidumping duty order for Pure Magnesium from the People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 10, 2017, Commerce issued a continuation of antidumping duty orders for Certain Polyester
Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 15, 2017, Commerce issued a continuation of antidumping duty order for Glycine from the
People’s republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
 On February 24, 2017, Commerce issued a continuation of antidumping duty order for wooden bedroom
furniture from the People’s Republic of China.
o Link to Federal Register
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Section 701/731 Proceedings
Investigations
 On February 3, 2017, the ITC determined that that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of
imports of certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India.

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 On February 7, 2017, the ITC determined that the U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports
of certain biaxial integral geogrid products from China.
o Link to Announcement
 On February 8, 2017, the ITC determined that the U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports
of ammonium sulfate from China.
o Link to Announcement
 February 15, 2017, the ITC determined that the U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with
material injury by reason of imports of certain amorphous silica fabric from China.
o Link to Announcement
 On February 22, 2017, the ITC determined that the U.S. industry is not materially injured or threatened
with material injury by reason of imports of truck and bus tires from China.
o Link to Announcement
Sunset Review Decisions
 On February 6, 2017, the ITC announced that it will expedite the 5-year Sunset review concerning the
antidumping duty orders on certain welded stainless steel pipe from Korea and Taiwan.
o Link to Announcement
 On February 6, 2017, the ITC announced that it will expedite the 5-year Sunset review concerning the
antidumping duty orders on Gray Portland Cement and Clinker from Japan.
o Link to Announcement
 On February 6, 2017, the ITC announced that it will expedite the 5-year Sunset review concerning the
antidumping duty orders on helical spring lock washers from China and Taiwan.
o Link to Announcement
 On February 6, 2017, the ITC announced that it will expedite the 5-year Sunset review concerning the
antidumping duty orders on multilayered wood flooring from China.
o Link to Announcement
 On February 22, 2017, the ITC determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on artists’
canvas from China would like lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably
foreseeable time.
o Link to Announcement
Section 337 Proceedings
 On February 1, 2017, the ITC voted to institute an investigation of certain basketball backboard
components and products containing the same.
o Link to Announcement
 February 27, 2017, the ITC voted to institute an investigation of certain digital television set-top boxes,
remote control devices, and components thereof.
o Link to Announcement

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Other Trade Matters
 Chinese steel companies have requested that the ITC dismiss U.S. Steel’s Section 337 case against
them for failure to assert an actual injury. U.S. Steel has accused the Chinese government of stealing
trade secrets on behalf of the country’s state-run steel industry.
 The WTO’s appellate body ruled against the United States’ methodology in Korean washer machine
antidumping cases. The ruling is significant due to its focus on the Commerce Department’s practice of
“zeroing” – or disregarding negative dumping margins – which drive margins up.
 Another antidumping methodology matter is causing a stir in the trade remedy world as lawyers debate
on a proposed shift in the way Commerce deals with determining normal value for products from market
economies. The proposal is seen to be in anticipation of China’s potential move to market economy
status later this year.
 A September 14th
meeting between Canadian and U.S. officials regarding a deal over softwood lumber
did not produce results with less than a month left for negotiation. Canadian Minster of International
Trade Chrystia Freeland told reporters that Canada is “prepared to fight” and will continue with litigation
over the matter if negotiations do not produce an equitable result for Canadian lumber producers.
 The Chinese aluminum industry will testify on September 29th
before an ITC fact-finding hearing about
that nation’s export policies and subsidies. The Section 332 investigation was requested by the House
Ways & Means Committee earlier this year and will supplement the already-underway multilateral talks
between the two governments on how to address the misclassification of Chinese aluminum to avoid
certain duties.
 The Sweeteners Users Association has inserted itself into the renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico sugar
suspension agreements. The association, which represents end-users of refined sugar, has requested
two aspects of the original agreement be changed to lower prices of raw and refined sugar; specifically,
those changes are an agreement to support prices used in the 2014 Farm Bill and an increase in the
stocks-to-use target ratio.
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