Congressmen Express Concern Over Potential AD/CV Duties on Canadian Groundwood Paper
Reps. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are circulating a letter asking fellow lawmakers to unify in expressing concern to the International Trade Commission about an antidumping and countervailing duties petition it is considering on uncoated groundwood paper from…
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Canada. The letter says duties on the product would harm the U.S. printed newspaper industry, “which has seen a more than 50 percent decline in advertising revenues over the last 10 years.” The petition was filed by North Pacific Paper Company in August (see 1708140020), and ITC’s preliminary AD and CV injury determinations are due Sept. 25 (see 1708310015). “The irony is that this trade dispute -- brought on by only one company with 400 employees -- would accelerate the decline for an entire industry and may put small market newspapers out of business,” the letter states. “This result cannot be intended by U.S. trade laws.”