On April 9, 2026, United States Steel Corporation (“U.S. Steel”) and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Union (“USW”) (collectively “Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on tin mill products from China, Taiwan, and Turkey and countervailing duties on imports from China.
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On April 8, 2026, BASF Corporation (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on the import of polytetramethylene ether glycol (“PTMEG”) from China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The proposed scope of these investigations is as follows:
The merchandise covered by this investigation is polytetramethylene ether glycol (“PTMEG”)
On April 2, 2026, U.S. OCTG Manufacturers Association (“USOMA”), United States Steel Corporation (“U. S. Steel”), and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (the “USW”) (collectively “Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on certain oil country tubular goods (“OCTG”) from Austria, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and countervailing duties on certain oil country tubular goods (“OCTG”) from Austria.
On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) Greer announced a new investigation under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to “structural excess capacity and production in certain manufacturing sectors.” According to the Federal Register Notice, “[k]ey trading partners have developed production capacity untethered from the incentives of domestic
On February 12, 2026, the United States and Taiwan signed an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (“ART”) formalizing the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) signed on January 15, 2026.
As part of the deal, the IEEPA reciprocal tariff rate for Taiwan will be reduced from 20 percent to 15 percent inclusive of the most favored nation rate
On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the United States and Taiwan reached a trade agreement. As part of the deal, Taiwanese semiconductor and technology companies will invest at least $250 billion to expand production capacity within the United States, with the Taiwanese government providing $250 billion in credit guarantees to
On September 12, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule announcing additions to the Entity List. 32 new entities across China, India, Iran, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been added to the Entity List due to activities deemed contrary to U.S. national security or foreign
Commerce Department Establishes Standard Policy for Questionnaire Extensions in AD/CVD Proceedings
The Department of Commerce issued a new policy to create uniform filing deadline extensions in antidumping duty and countervailing duty proceedings. Overall, the policy will decrease the amount of time received in extension requests for initial and supplemental questionnaires. The specific policy updates include
On September 5, 2024 Steel Dynamics, Inc. (“SDI”), Nucor Corporation (“Nucor”), United States Steel Corporation (“U. S. Steel”), Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc. (“Wheeling-Nippon”), and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (the “USW”) (collectively “Petitioners”)[1], filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping
On May 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping investigation of aluminum extrusions from the People’s Republic of China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, the Republic of Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Commerce