Senator Cardin Applauds International Trade Commission Ruling that Unfair Trading Practices Have Harmed U.S. Paper Companies

Statement

Today I praised the U.S. International Trade Commission's (USITC) ruling that the U.S. paper industry has been harmed by the unfair dumping of coated paper products on the U.S. market. The USITC ruling, which was a 6-0 vote, means that the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of these products from China and Indonesia.

This ruling by the International Trade Commission is a victory because it means that we can now take action to assure fair trade. The ITC ruling shows that these unfair trading practices that have hurt American workers and harmed the U.S. paper industry, including NewPage Corp. International trade depends on a level playing field and this ruling means we can now move aggressively to stop China and Indonesia and to counter any threat to our economy or our workers who may be harmed from clearly unfair trading practices.

NewPage Corp. of Luke, MD has been seriously affected by these unfair trading practices. In 2009, Senator Cardin sent a letter the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in support of the company's petition to investigate unfair dumping by the Chinese and Indonesians.

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