Dumping of steel strapping from China, other countries hurting Canada's industry, tribunal finds

Open this photo in gallery: Steel pipes for export at Longkou port in Yantai, China, on June 18.STR/AFP/Getty Images The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has determined there is reasonable indications that China, South Korea, Turkey and Vietnam have dumped steel strapping, harming Canada's domestic industry, the tribunal said on Thursday. The tribunal, an independent quasi-judicial body that reports to the Canadian Parliament, also found indications that steel strapping from China was subsidized. The findings were the result of an inquiry related to dumping and subsidizing investigations by the Canada Border Services Agency, which will issue preliminary determinations by Aug. 8,…