1. American steel, textiles and citrus fruit products are among those that would face punitive duties, officials said. 2. At the time, the Russian government agreed to accept quotas to avoid punitive duties. 3. Such movies, then, are products, like steel or softwood lumber, and should be subject to punitive duties, Swift said. 4. Why not help US filmmakers by imposing punitive duties on foreign movies? 5. A U.S. lumber industry group has asked Washington to apply punitive duties, arguing that Canada subsidizes its industry through low timber-cutting fees. 6. A U.S. lumber industry group is pressing Washington to slap punitive duties on Canadian softwood lumber, arguing that Canada subsidizes its industry. 7. But now the Americans are being accused of closing doors, particularly in banning potatoes from Prince Edward Island and threatening large punitive duties on softwood lumber imports. 8. If USEC wins, the government could impose punitive duties and give the company the money. 9. Money collected from punitive duties will go into government coffers. 10. Punitive duties can be ordered if low-priced imports are found to have harmed the American competitors. |