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Commission investigation into whether all imports of Chinese steel into the United States should be banned, but U.S. Steel is appealing.
U.S. Steel asked the federal government to ban Chinese steel because of price-fixing, stolen trade secrets and tariff avoidance. It filed a Section 337 case in April, when China produced steel at a record daily rate of 2.3 million tons.
The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker, one of Northwest Indiana's largest employers, alleged a variety of unfair and illegal trade practices, including ducking out of tariffs by misrepresenting where the steel originally came from, receiving heavy subsidies and unloading surplus steel at prices far lower than it would sell for back home.
Judge Dee Lord ruled last week the investigation doesn’t have to be finished until October 2017. She ordered the International Trade Commission to first notify the U.S. Department of Commerce about U.S. Steel's complaints since the company raised concerns about Chinese steel dumping and illegal subsidies. The U.S. Department of Commerce must review the case, which would delay the investigation.
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