CAFC Upholds Rejection of Tire Exporter's Separate AD Rate Application
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Feb. 11 sustained the Commerce Department's decision to reject exporter Pirelli Tyre Co.'s bid for a separate antidumping rate in the third review of the AD order on passenger vehicle…
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and light truck tires from China. Judges Sharon Prost, Richard Taranto and Raymond Chen said that Commerce's third factor for assessing whether the foreign government has de facto control over the separate rate respondent, which addresses the selection of management, doesn't require a link to export activities. The judges also said Commerce properly requires the applicant to "carry a burden of persuasion to justify a separate rate."