China's steel industry has prevailed in a US trade investigation brought by United States Steel Corporation in which it claimed that Chinese steelmakers had conspired to fix prices, avoided duties by using false labels and stolen trade secrets. The section 337 investigation was terminated following an open trial for the anti-trust claim whereby the commission ruled that the plaintiff hadn't proven that any injury was suffered. The claims of stealing trade secrets and circumventing duties were dismissed recent years. Section 337 of US trade rules enables the Trade Commission to exclude imports that breach US intellectual property rights.
China's steel industry has prevailed in a US trade investigation brought by United States Steel Corporation in which it claimed that Chinese steelmakers had conspired to fix prices, avoided duties by using false labels and stolen trade secrets. The section 337 investigation was terminated following an open trial for the anti-trust claim whereby the commission ruled that the plaintiff hadn't proven that any injury was suffered. The claims of stealing trade secrets and circumventing duties were dismissed months earlier. Section 337 of US trade rules enables the Trade Commission to exclude imports that breach US intellectual property rights.