The United States International Trade Commission will vote Aug. 28 whether to make the U.S. tariffs on Canadian paper imposed by the Trump's administration permanent. The rationale behind the decision will be made public Sept. 17.
The Commerce Department is set to make its final decision on the matter by Aug. 2. If both bodies rule that the tariffs are needed, they will become permanent.
The preliminary tariffs were imposed earlier this year after a petition from the North Pacific Paper Company (Norpac), a papermill in Washington state.
At a commission hearing Tuesday, a group of 19 bipartisan members of Congress argued that the preliminary tariffs were causing damage in the marketplace as higher newsprint costs were forcing newspapers to cut consumption by lowering page counts, reducing days of delivery and, in some cases, moving from print to digital distribution.
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