U.S. Department of Commerce Updates Trade Enforcement Regulations to Level the Playing Field for U.S. Producers and Workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Contact: Office of Public Affairs
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced updates to its antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) regulations that will continue to level the playing field for U.S. industries and workers by addressing unfair trade actions from foreign businesses and governments.
“The Commerce Department continues to update our trade enforcement regulations to effectively respond to the evolving, real-world circumstances that U.S. businesses and workers face,” said Under Secretary for International Trade Marisa Lago. “We continue to use every tool at our disposal to safeguard U.S. businesses and workers and to promote U.S. competitiveness.”
These final regulations come after the Department published proposed regulatory changes in the Federal Register in July 2024 and evaluated comments from a wide range of stakeholders including domestic producers, U.S. importers, and foreign governments.
The final regulations will take effect 30 days following publication on January 15, 2025. The new regulations apply to various aspects of AD/CVD proceedings, including:
Strengthening the Department’s ability to ensure that exporters from non-market economies such as China, Russia and Vietnam, including state-owned enterprises, are not able to avoid paying the appropriate antidumping duties.
Improving communication between the Department of Commerce and Customs and Border Protection to better enforce the collection of AD/CVD duties at the border.
Ensuring that subsidies received by foreign company’s cross-owned input and utility suppliers are appropriately accounted for in Commerce’s calculation of the subsidy rate.
For more information on the new regulations, please refer to the Federal Register notice.
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