The CBC reports that the US International Trade Commission has ruled that the importing of live Canadian hogs into the United States does not damage the American market for pork. US hog producers had argued that Canadian pigs were being sold below fair market value because they wee receiving government subsidies.
The US Department of Commerce had accepted the complaint by American producers, and had imposed anti-dumping duties on Canadian hogs that, since October 2004, have totaled $25 million…which now has to be returned to the Canadians that paid these fees.
The US Department of Commerce had accepted the complaint by American producers, and had imposed anti-dumping duties on Canadian hogs that, since October 2004, have totaled $25 million…which now has to be returned to the Canadians that paid these fees.
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So let us get this straight. The US hog producers were claiming that the live Canadian swine were guilty of receiving pork from the Canadian government? And that this is a bad thing?
Go figure. We learn something every day.
