The
United States Commerce Department, Washington, D.C., USA announced that it would make US$ 399,500 available for the establishment of an office in Beijing for China Standards and Conformity Assessment.
"We have to work out the arrangements," said Arthur Brodsky, a spokesman for the
United States Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
The
United States Commerce Department proposed anti-dumping duties on steel plate imports from France at 10.43%, and 8.97% on Italian imports.
The Association for a Better Long Island hailed the bi-partisan actions of the Long Island Congressional delegation to successfully fight the decision by the
United States Commerce Department and the Office of Management and Budget to destroy Long Island's separate economic identity.
The Canadian softwood industry was angered and disappointed in mid-December when the
United States Commerce Department decided to virtually maintain punitive trade duties on imported lumber.
The company attributes the shutdown to a weak softwood lumber market combined with anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed last year by the
United States Commerce Department.