中文请点击这里 We begin today one story in three parts, “Nothing Unites The United States Congress Like China (And Not In A Good Way): Treating China Like Canada (Maybe Even Worse)” by Dr. Elliot J. Feldman. Part One, “Rewriting Subsidies Law To Fit Chinese Facts,” examines the first legislation expressly for trade with China passed by… Continue Reading
President Obama, on September 11, announced that the United States would restrict imports of Chinese commercial, low-cost tires. This action was foreseeable and foreseen (for example this blog foresaw this action in articles titled Attack On China Rolls On New Tires and Consultations To Settle The Tires Dispute: Too Little Too Late?). President Obama committed to additional tariffs of 35-30-25… Continue Reading
Members of the Baker Hostetler International Trade practice have been quoted in numerous media outlets regarding the Chinese tire trade dispute, including: The Hill: China Tires A Deal For Steelworkers Union (9/16/09) Bloomberg News: Obama Says Chinese Tires Decision Isn’t Provocative (9/14/09) Bloomberg News: U.S. Steel Pushes Obama to Choose Workers Over Trade (9/9/09) Forbes.com: Obama Faces Tire Trade… Continue Reading
中文请点击这里 Only the President can impose a restriction on imports to the United States without a finding of wrongdoing by a foreign producer or exporter. The United Steelworkers of America have asked the President, pursuant to Section 421 of the U.S. trade law (the “special safeguard” for China), to restrict the importation of low grade… Continue Reading
中文请点击这里 The United Steelworkers, qualifying as an “entity” “representative of an industry” under Section 201 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974, petitioned the Obama Administration in April 2009 to enact a temporary “safeguard” remedy to protect the manufacture and sale of low-grade commercial tires in the United States against a surge of imports from… Continue Reading
