Below you will find informational updates since the beginning of the Fair Trade Initiative:
2014
2013
- December - U.S. Extruders Act to Halt Wavering on Tariff Waivers
- October - Aluminum a Key Part of U.S. Manufacturing Base
Article featured on Aluminum Association website
- September/October - Fair Trade Fundraising Passes $1.0 Million Mark; Industry rallies with matching grant program
- August - Business Is Good...That Didn't Happen By Accident
- August - AEC Launches New Fair Trade Campaign
- Canadian News: July - Canadian International Trade Tribunal Initiates Final Inquiry Unitized Wall Modules from China
- July - Fair Trade Defense Fund Growing Towards Goal
- June - Five Indicted for Smuggling Chinese Extrusions into the U.S.; AEC Assisted in the case
- May - Fair Trade Campaign Summary
- April - How You Can Report Trade Violations
- February/March - Tariffs Saved North American Extrusion Industry
2012
- December - Aluminum Extrusion Tariffs: "The Broadest Scope Orders We've Ever Seen"
- September - China Duties: AEC Prepares for Annual Reviews
- August - China Tariffs: Where Would We Be Without Them?
- March - AEC effort succeeds! China duties upheld
- February - AEC-led Coalition Racing Against the Clock in GPX Case
- AEC Members' Message is Clear: Duties on Chinese Extrusions are Making a Real Difference
Article originally appeared in Light Metal Age in February 2012
- January - AEC Joins Coalition to Fight Appeals Court Ruling on China Imports
2011
- April 28 - ITC Votes to Impose Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Aluminum Extruders from China
King and Spalding press release
- March 30 - Commerce Department Imposes Final Combined Antidumping and Countervailing Duties Ranging from 41 to 407 Percent on All Imports of Aluminum Extrusion from China
King and Spalding press release
2010
- November 9 - Fact Sheet: Commerce Preliminarily Finds Unfair Dumping of Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China
- October 29 - The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of imports of aluminum extrusions from China
King and Spalding press release
- September 15 - U.S. Aluminum Extruders Respond to Information Suggesting Circumvention of Duties on Subsidized Imports from China
King and Spalding press release
- September 7 - U.S. Department of Commerce today announced its affirmative, preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of aluminum extrusions from China
King and Spalding press release
- August 25 - The countervailing duty (CVD) and antidumping (AD) investigations are proceeding
King and Spalding report
- July 7 - Investigation of the petition of the U.S. Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee is continuing
King and Spalding report
- May 28 - The U.S. Aluminum Extrusion Fair Trade Committee filed a petition with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) for redress from alleged unfair trade practices involving aluminum extrusions imported from China
King and Spalding report