Who conducts a U.S. CVD investigation against Canadian industry?
A3. The U.S. Department of Commerce (“DOC”) must determine whether a foreign government is directly or indirectly providing a countervailable subsidy for the manufacture, production or exportation of merchandise imported or sold into the United States. The U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) must determine whether the U.S. industry producing the like goods has been materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of the subsidized imports. If these two conditions are met, a CVD equal to the amount of the subsidy is imposed upon the imports of the subsidized merchandise.
