CITAC General Counsel Lewis Leibowitz to Testify before House Committee on Trade Issues Confronting U.S. Consuming Industries.***Invitation to Cover//Interviews Available*** (Journalists Only) WASHINGTON -- CITAC CITAC Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition CITAC Computer Investigations and Infrastructure Threat Assessment Center CITAC Canadian Infrastructure Technology Assessment Centre CITAC Critical Infrastructure and Threat Assessment Center : [TABLE OMITTED] DETAILS: CITAC Counsel Lewis Leibowitz will testify To provide evidence as a witness, subject to an oath or affirmation, in order to establish a particular fact or set of facts. Court rules require witnesses to testify about the facts they know that are relevant to the determination of the outcome of the case. before the House Ways & Means Committee Trade Sub-committee about the importance of considering the interests of all Americans, including those in consuming industries, when the Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. Committee drafts trade remedy provisions in legislation. U.S. consuming industries face intense pressure from products made abroad that compete with U.S.-made products. Leibowitz will discuss several issues related to China and U.S. trade policy that are priorities for U.S. consuming industries including the issues of industrial user standing, zeroing, retrospective system of antidumping an·ti·dump·ing adj. Intended to discourage importation and sale of foreign-made goods at prices substantially below domestic prices for the same items. and countervailing duty Noun 1. countervailing duty - a duty imposed to offset subsidies by foreign governments tariff, duty - a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries" orders and other issues related to the U.S.-China trade relationship. CITAC is a coalition of companies and organizations committed to ensuring that consuming industries and manufacturers in America have access to reliable supplies of globally priced materials necessary for those industries to produce their products. For additional information, visit www.citac.info or contact Amanda Lahan at (202) 466-6210 or Amanda.Lahan@pbnco.com. |
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