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RADE BRIEFS
OURNAL OF COMMERCE (JC) - November 30, 1990
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5, MACAO REACH
TEXTILES AGREEMENT
Section: TRADE Page: 5A
WASHINGTON The United States and Macao have agreed to a customs operation effort aimed at stopping the transshipment of textile products rough Macao.
The transshipments generally involve sweaters from China. Macao, said
Sorini, an assistant U.S. trade representative, has reed to bolster its border controls with China and to audit the output of actories in its jurisdiction. Macao also will exchange the information it
thers with the U.S. Customs Service, he said.
The United States meanwhile will reduce "dramatically" the import ota on sweaters from Macao, Mr. Sorini said. Once the U.S. Customs ervice verifies that Macao is carrying out its promised measures, some of
e quota will be restored.
Separately, it was learned that Portugal may soon nominate Macao, a rtuguese colony, as a member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and ade, the Geneva-based group that sets world trade rules.
SWEDISH PIPE DUMPED
IN US, COURT AFFIRMS
WASHINGTON
U.S.
The Court of International Trade affirmed a ternational Trade Commission finding that imports of Swedish welded ainless steel pipe and tube have been dumped in the U.S. market.
The court's action will trigger the imposition of an anti-dumping ty, estimated at 34.5 percent of the imported steel's value.
The court's action concludes a case first brought in 1987 by a group U.S. stainless steel pipe and tube manufacturers, who argued that the edish tubing was sold at less than fair value, causing them economic
arm.
Originally,
jury ise
the
but the U.S.
International Trade Commission found no economic producers appealed to the court, which remanded the to the commission. The commission reversed itself, an action that the