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November 7, 2023: The Committee to Support US Trade Laws (CSUSTL) held its 2023 Congressional Staff Briefing in a virtual forum on November 7th with the topic being “Trade Remedy Laws: A Technical Discussion”. A panel of 5 US experts provided comments to an audience comprised of industry, congressional staff, and US government agency officials. The CSUSTL technical panel consisted of a former General Counsel for the USTR, former USTR Ambassador, former White House National Security Counsel; former congressional committee staffer, and former Senior Attorney at the DoC Enforcement & Compliance office.
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November 1, 2023: Distributions under the Byrd Amendment for US companies injured by illegal trade practices of offshore trading partners has ended after two decades. In early November, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that it has processed all outstanding imports subject to the Continuing Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA) of 2000, otherwise known as the Byrd Amendment.  Under CDSOA, CBP has distributed roughly $3.6 billion to thousands of U.S. manufacturers, small businesses, and individuals harmed by anti-competitive behavior and unfair trade practices. CDSOA took the duties collected from offshore producers for their illegal trade practices and distributed them to domestic producers for reinvestment in their industries. Over 170 industries across the nation, and hundreds of CSUSTL's member organizations, have benefited from the law.
October 10, 2023: In September, the Government of Vietnam requested that the US treat Vietnam as a Market Economy (ME) for antidumping (AD) law purposes versus the current Non-Market Economy (NME) status through a changed circumstances review. CSUSTL filed a formal letter of opposition to the Vietnam ME request on October 10, 2023 with Commerce Secretary Raimondo. CSUSTL believes that prematurely granting market economy status to a country in which non-market principles and practices persist prevents U.S. manufacturing industries from competing on a level playing field, and also threatens to lower the standard applied by Commerce when other countries seek market economy designation. CSUSTL intends to participate fully in any changed circumstances review to oppose granting Vietnam market economy status and expects that its members will participate in opposition as well.
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