Byrd lauds keeping steel-import duties

From: Charleston Gazette | Date: April 18, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

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Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., last week praised the U.S. International Trade Commission for its decision to continue imposing import duties on nations that subsidize their steel exports or dump steel on U.S. markets at prices below costs of production.

Last month, Byrd testified before the ITC, asking commissioners to retain duties on certain foreign imports of hot-rolled steel products.

The ITC voted 4-2 on Thursday to retain duties on steel imported from Brazil, Japan, Russia and several other countries for the next five years.

Cheap foreign steel contributed to the ...

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