an independent federal agency, could still cancel the anti-dumping duties if its members find in a vote that U.S. domestic steel producers suffer no harm from the imported Chinese products
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The ITC is scheduled to issue its final injury determination on or before May 24.
In November 2009, the Commerce Department also set final countervailable duties (CVD) ranging from 10.36 percent to 15.78 percent on Chinese-made OCTG.
One month later, an ITC ruling paved the way for the imposition of duties.
The anti-dumping and countervailing petition case was filed in last April.
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China strongly opposed the U.S. decision, saying it is a protectionist move.
"China expressed strong dissatisfaction and is resolutely opposed to this," Yao Jian, spokesman of China's Ministry of Commerce, said in a statement last year.
"This does not comply with WTO agreements on subsidies. The United States used an incorrect method to define and calculate the subsidies, which has resulted in an artificially high subsidy rate, hurting Chinese firms' interests
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"We hope the United States can get rid of the bias and admit China's market economy status soon to tackle the double standards thoroughly and give Chinese enterprises equal and fair treatment
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The U.S. industries also expressed strong dissatisfaction with the trade case, saying such a protectionist move would hurt U.S. companies.
The trade restrictions would "hurt U.S. using industries by raising their costs and making sources of supply uncertain," Eugene Patrone, executive director of the Consuming Indust