U. S.officialssaid the ninematerialscovered by their case were bauxite, coke, fluorspar, magnesium, manganese, silicon carbide, silicon metal, yellow phosphorusandzinc.
And Coke and Pepsi were already having trouble spurring sales growth in the U.S. At Coke, North American sales in volume fell between 1% and 2% in 2008, 2% in 2009, and volume flat during the first half of this year.
If you need more evidence that the antidumping status quo is weighted heavily against import-consuming U.S. industries, consider this gem: three of the nine mineral raw materials that are the subject of the U.S. case against China in the WTO (magnesium, silicon metal, and coke) are simultaneously subject to U.S antidumping restrictions.