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    March 17, 2016

    All Exclusions Denied on HR AD Trade Suit

    Written by John Packard

    There is much more to each of the trade cases than the preliminary and final announcements might have you believe. There are inconsistencies in the rulings where attorneys and clients alike scratch their heads to figure out how the U.S. Department of Commerce came up with their preliminary determination deposit rates. The second item not readily understood or discussed is what happens to those requests made by U.S. manufacturing companies (or the traders servicing those companies) on steel products the manufacturers hope will be excluded from the scope of the investigation?

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