Sub-header Description for Representative Trade Cases Here
US International Trade Commission
United States International Trade Commission: Negative Determinations of Material Injury
Freight Rail Coupler Systems from China
Fabricate Structural Steel from China, Mexico and Canada (GDLSK represented the Chinese industry and U.S. customers)
R-134a from China
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from China
Ball Bearings from Korea
Steel Nails from Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Oman, Turkey and Thailand (GDLSK represented Sri Lanka, India and U.S. customers)
Mobile Access Equipment from China (USITC decision was negative material injury, but affirmative threat, saving clients millions of dollars because of later effective date
Department Of Commerce Scope and Anticircumvention Success Stories and Pending Cases
Scope
Bathroom furniture outside scope of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China;
Mobile Utility Carts outside of scope of Hand Trucks from China;
Wheel caps outside of scope of Chassis from China.
Anticircumvention
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) components from China not circumventing ADD order on HFC blends from China;
Pipe from the United Arab Emirates not circumventing ADD order on pipe from India.
Quartz surface products (QSP) certification as product of Malaysia
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) components certification as product of India
Aluminum foil from Thailand and Korea from China stock (pending)
Staples from Thailand from China stock (pending)
Solar cells/modules from Malaysia/Vietnam from China stock (pending)
Courts Reverse Commerce Department Decisions
Court of International Trade and Court of Appeals for The Federal Circuit; Reversing Adverse Department of Commerce Decisions
Wind Towers from Vietnam; CIT reversed DOC on two complex substantive issues, and CAFC reversing CIT/DOC on two other issues, reducing investigation rate from 50% to de minimis, resulting in respondent being excluded from ADD Order;
Pipe from India; CIT reduced Annual Review ADD rate from 11.83 to zero;
Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from China; CIT reversed DOC decisions that products are within scope of ADD/CVD Orders;
Solar Panels from China; CIT reversed DOC decisions that China’s refusal to respond to EBCP questions justified reliance on AFA for this program;
Nails from Taiwan; CIT reversed DOC AFA determination, reducing rate from 78.76% to zero;
Nails from China; CAFC reversed CIT decision that plaintiff had not exhausted administrative remedies, leading to reversal of DOC decision on effective date of scope decision;
Aluminum extrusions from China; CIT/CAFC reverse DOC on effective date of anticircumvention decision;
Nonwoven Ribbons from China; CAFC reversed DOC/CIT on ADD rate applicable to co-operative separate rate company;
PVLT from China; CAFC reversed DOC/CIT on selecting merely one respondent in an Annual Review;
Nails from Taiwan; CAFC reversed DOC/CIT twice as to DOC’s calculation of the denominator in its differential pricing analysis (ongoing; on fourth remand)
