U.S. International Trade Commission overturns import duties on Canadian newsprint

The U.S. International Trade Commission has overturned duties imposed on Canadian newsprint by the U.S. Commerce Department earlier this year.

The five commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday that imports from Canada of uncoated groundwood paper, used for newspapers, commercial printing and book publishing, do not injure U.S. industry...

The U.S. International Trade Commission’s vote overrules the findings of the Commerce Department...

The vote comes after U.S. newspapers had campaigned to lift the duties that had pushed a core expense higher and forced layoffs at some papers. The U.S. imported an estimated US$1.21 billion worth of uncoated groundwood paper last year...

This was excerpted from the 29 August 2018 edition of The Globe and Mail.