Nucor Fastener Appeals Advancing Through International Trade Court
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Nucor Fasteners’ trade dispute with Asian fastener producers continues to make its way through the U.S. Court of International Trade.
The company’s appeals on its antidumping and countervailing petitions continue to move through the legal system, with each case being handled by a different judge.
Nucor Fastener’s appeal on the Department of Commerce’s refusal to initiate consideration of currency undervaluation as a subsidy is on a “faster track,” trade attorney Matthew McGrath told GlobalFastenerNews.com.
Reached by phone at his office in Washington DC, McGrath said all briefs have been filed in that case, with oral arguments set for Sept. 16 in New York.
“It’s a stretch,” McGrath said of the currency undervaluation appeal. “I think they were just keeping the ball in the air with this one.”
All three parties in the dispute — the U.S. Department of Justice, Nucor Fastener, and a group of importers — will have a chance to speak at the hearing.
The second appeal… (For the complete story, click HERE.) ©2010 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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