U.S. Commerce Department to impose steep fees on Chinese for steel dumping

YOUNGSTOWN — The U.S. Commerce Department handed a hard-fought victory to the United Steel Workers union and local steel pipe manufacturers V&M Star and TMK IPSCO this week.

The department announced plans to impose steep anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese seamless steel pipe imports Monday, in response to a petition for import relief filed by the USW, V&M Star and TMK IPSCO.

The tariffs will go into effect pending next month’s final ruling from the U.S. International Trade Commission on whether Chinese imports have caused material harm to domestic steel manufacturers.

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