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Imposition of U.S. Tariffs on Steel Imports

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 96 , Issue 4 , October 2002 , pp. 977 - 978
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2002

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References

1 See ITC Ruling in Steel Safeguard Case Clears Way for Import Relief for Some Products, 18 Int’l Trade Rep. (BNA) 1681 (2001); Kahn, Joseph, U.S. Trade Panel Back Putting Hefty Duties on Imported Steel, N.Y. Times, Dec. 8, 2001, at C1 Google Scholar.

2 .Sec Proclamation 7529—To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition from Imports of Certain Steel Products, 67 Fed. Reg. 10,553 (Mar. 7, 2002); Action Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 Concerning Steel Products, 67 Fed. Reg. 10,593 (Mar. 7, 2002); see also David, E. Sanger, Bush Puts Tariffs of as Much as 30% on Steel Imports; Allies See a Trade Fight, N.Y. Times, Mar. 6, 2002, at A1 Google Scholar. The statutory authority for this action derives from the Trade Act of 1974, §§201-204, 19 U.S.C. §§2251-2254 (2000) (collectively referred to as “Section 201”).

3 See Proclamation 7576—To Provide for the Efficient and Fair Administration of Safeguard Measures on Imports of Certain Steel Products, 67 Fed. Reg. 45,285 (July 8, 2002).

4 See, e.g., John, M. Berry, U.S. Announces Exemptions to Steel Tariffs; Trade Officials Say Excluded Products Constitute Less Than I Percent of Imports, Wash. Post. June 8, 2002, at A8 Google Scholar. For information and the lists of products excluded, see <http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steel.shtml>.

5 See 19 U.S.C. 82253(b) (2000).

6 Report Submitted to the United States Congress, Pursuant to Section 203(B) (1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as Amended (Mar. 3, 2002), at<http://www.ustr.gov/sectors/industry/steeI201/2002-03-05-SteelFactSheet.PDF>.

7 The panels were consolidated. See United States—Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Certain Steel Products, WT/DS/248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254, 258, 259, at <http://www.wto.org>.

8 Apr. 15, 1994, Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization [hereinafter WTO Agreement], Annex 1 A, in World Trade Organization, The Legal Texts: The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations 17 (1999) [hereinafter The Legal Texts].

9 WTO Agreement, supra note 8, Annex 1A, in The Legal Texts, supra note 8, at 275.