I remind my colleagues that the overall U.S. trade remedy system is retrospective. Final duties are always calculated after a product enters the United States upon completion of an investigation or review. We have hundreds of anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders in place to level the playing field for American producers. In all these cases, the final duties have been calculated at the end of the investigation. What is unusual about the solar circumvention case was the action by the Biden administration to encourage importation of these products despite the fact that China is trading them unfairly. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Tenney).
Jason Smith: “I remind my colleagues that the overall U.S. trade remedy system is retrospective. Final duties are always calculated…”
On the recordMay 24, 2023
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