shortly after President Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Commerce considered imposing tariffs on European steel companies it accused of dumping steel on the U.S. market.
cle in the Wall Street Journal quoted Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross as asserting, "A healthy steel industry is critical to our economy and manufacturing base, yet our steel industry
s under assault from foreign producers that dump and subsidize their exports."
: Andrea Thomas and Ulrike Dauer, "Germany Hits Back at U.S. Proposals of Anti-dumping Tariffs on Steel Imports," Wall Street Joumal, March 31, 2017.
bing" is
illegally disposing of production waste.
selling a product for a price below its cost of production.
agreeing to accept products from any market.
giving a product away for free.