MEXICO COMPANY CLAIMS USA BROKE NAFTA RULES WITH STEEL PRODUCT DUTY
April 1st, 2012
BY LEAH GERMAIN
MEXICAN steel company, Maquilacero S.A. de C.V., has accused the US Department of Commerce of breaking North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by imposing unfair antidumping duties on certain metal products exported to the USA. The company has filed a complaint with the US section of the NAFTA Secretariat, which will establish a panel review to adjudicate the case.
The official complaint filed with NAFTA in March challenged a 2011 decision made by the International Trade Administration of the US Department of Commerce to establish preliminary ...
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