WTO panel: U.S. erred in labeling Turkish companies 'public bodies'

摘要

A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel determined this week that while the Commerce Department could establish a chain of government control to prove an entity is a public body - a key question in a case involving countervailing duties on two Turkish steel producers - the U.S. did not provide sufficient evidence to support its claim. The decision marks the first time a WTO panel has ruled on Commerce's method of establishing a chain of government control. But the panel found Commerce had insufficient evidence to establish the chain of government control from the Turkish government to the steel producers, making the CVDs it imposed on Turkish exports inconsistent with WTO rules.