Handel międzynarodowy · 22.08.2001

Steel

On July 26, 2001, the Commission received a resolution adopted by the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate requesting that the Commission investigate certain steel imports under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251). The resolution provides that the Committee shall promptly investigate whether certain steel products are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to each of the domestic industries identified in the resolution as manufacturing products that are like or directly competitive with the imported products. In its resolution, the Senate Finance Committee refers to the Commission's ongoing investigation No. TA-201-73, which was instituted June 22, 2001, following receipt of a request from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The Committee does not request a second investigation, a change in the scope of the present investigation, or any change in Commission procedures with respect to the current investigation. Instead, the Committee in Section 4 of the resolution states that, "in order to avoid hindering the important progress already made in the