Legislation Introduced to Give Industrial Users Standing in AD/CVD Cases
Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), along with 18 co-sponsors, today introduced H.R. 4217, the "American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act". If enacted, the measure would permit U.S. industrial users of imported products to be "interested parties", thus having legal standing in antidumping and countervailing duty cases conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and Department of Commerce (DOC). The bill would require the ITC and DOC to allow full participation by industrial users in AD/CVD cases when making an initial injury determination, when conducting changed circumstances reviews and when conducting five-year sunset reviews.
H.R. 4217 would also require the ITC to conduct an economic impact test to determine the net effect on American manufacturers of AD/CVD decisions. In order for an affirmative injury determination to be made the ITC would have to consider the economic impact on industrial users in addition to those of the petitioning parties.
This legislation is supported by a number of trade associations, including the Auto Trade Policy Council, the Motor and Equipment Manufacturing Association, the Precision Metalforming Association, the CITAC Steel Task Force and several major manufacturing firms.
Labels: Antidumping
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