Economics
U.S. Scraps Tariffs on Canadian Paper in Win for Publishers
- Commission ruling nixes duties that inflated newsprint prices
- Media Alliance’s Chavern says decision will preserve jobs
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An independent U.S. federal agency ruled that Canadian paper imports don’t hurt American producers, delivering a surprise decision that eliminates tariffs that had raised prices and squeezed margins at struggling newspapers.
The U.S. International Trade Commission said in a statement Wednesday that its decision ends the yearlong government investigation into allegations that Canada was dumping uncoated groundwood paper into the U.S. and offering its producers unfair subsidies. The paper is commonly used to print newspapers.