Senate Finance Hearing Addresses Evasion of AD/CV Duty Orders
On May 5, 2011, the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness held a hearing on “Enforcing America’s Trade Laws in the Face of Customs Fraud and Duty Evasion.” The hearing focused on the evasion of antidumping/countervailing (AD/CV) duty orders and how the Administration is responding.
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In his opening statement, Chairman Wyden noted that he plans to improve and reintroduce legislation in the Senate to address the problem of AD/CV duty order evasion soon. (In 2010, Chairman Wyden introduced legislation to prevent the importation of merchandise that evades U.S. AD/CV duty orders (S. 3725, the Enforcing Orders and Reducing Circumvention and Evasion Act of 2010, or ENFORCE Act). See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/14/10 news, 10091417, for BP summary of the ENFORCE Act.)
See future issues of ITT for additional details from this hearing, including highlights from the testimony of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and International Trade Administration officials.