Such penalties last year were declared incompatible with WTO agreements, under which the only sanction allowed is antidumping duties.
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The U . S . response could result in a lowering of the antidumping duties, which now exceed 70 percent.
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A NAFTA panel Monday ordered Mexico to lift the antidumping duties because they were incompatible with Mexico's international trade commitments.
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The United States decided in June to impose antidumping duties ranging from 17 percent to 67 percent on certain hot-rolled steel products.
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American homebuilders and other lumber users criticized the antidumping duty, saying it raised the cost of material at a time of weakening demand.
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The antidumping duties, ranging from 2.18 percent to 12.44 percent, were imposed in May 2002 following an investigation by the Department of Commerce.
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The six companies hit by the antidumping duty are Canfor, Abitibi-Consolidated, Tembec, West Fraser Timber, Slocan Forest Products and the Canadian unit of Weyerhaeuser.
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Joseph said imposing antidumping duties would more than double the price of Indian shrimp in U . S . markets, which would hurt exports.
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The U . S . beef industry is arguing against the antidumping duties through a similar complaint brought under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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We have consistently maintained that countervailing and antidumping duties imposed by the U . S . on Canadian softwood lumber exports violate international trade rules,