Trade Cases
April 14, 2016
Are AD/CVD Duties Providing an Economic Benefit to the U.S.?
Written by Sandy Williams
“Antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) measures are unable to fix the low-price problem afflicting U.S. steel producers because they amount to no more than a band-aid that can’t heal the wound.”
That is the opinion of Daniel R. Pearson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Steife Center for Trade Policy Studies. With testimonies currently being presented this week to the U.S. Trade Representative by steel producers and steel associations, Pearson provides a commentary from a differing point of view.
