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AEC joins China Trade Task Force
- September 14, 2016
- News Release
- Metals/Materials
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), Wauconda, Ill., has joined the China Trade Task Force (CTTF), an organization aimed at addressing structural imbalances in the global aluminum market that it attributes to Chinese government policies. AEC joins Century Aluminum and the United Steel Workers as CTTF members.
“China is harming the primary aluminum market in North America,” said AEC President Jeff Henderson. “We’ve seen these tactics being used in China’s aluminum extrusion industry for years. China uses their production of semifabricated aluminum to flood the global market with unnecessary aluminum.”
Over the last several years, Chinese aluminum producers have dramatically expanded capacity through a range of tactics AEC believes may not be legal, including certain subsidies, preferential regulatory treatment, and dumping the excess capacity in the form of semifinished products in other markets. Their practices have contributed to many U.S. primary aluminum producers shuttering their operations and potentially endangers the viability of downstream industries, the council reports.
Affirmative determinations by the International Trade Commission and Department of Commerce imposed duties on Chinese extrusion imports beginning in May 2011, which bolstered domestic industry. “Although the tariffs have helped the domestic extrusion industry recover from the effects of China’s unfair trade, we will continue to fight for a fair and level playing field as long as China continues its nonmarket economy practices,” said Henderson.
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