Today U.S. manufacturers filed a complaint with the Departmentof Commerce and the InternationalTrade Commission accusing China and Vietnam of selling wind towers so cheaply here they are hampering domestic industry.
The answer is in a new book, Export Now, that I co-authored with Frank Lavin, former U.S. Departmentof Commerce Under Secretary for InternationalTrade.
Some reports say that the Prime Minister has overruled Robin Cook and Clare Short, the International Development Secretary, in favour of the Ministry of Defence and the DepartmentofTrade and Industry.
In 2005, U.S. Magnesium Corporation, the sole producer of magnesium in the United States, succeeded in convincing the U.S. InternationalTrade Commission and U.S. Commerce Department to impose duties on imports of magnesium from competitors in Russia and China.