Inquiry on China Export Subsidies Is Approved.

The article reports that the International Trade Commission has given its approval to an inquiry on Chinese government subsidies by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The department wants to look for the possibility of placing countervailing duties on coated paper from China to balance Chinese subsidies. Earlier, in one of its policy, the department stated that non-market economies like China would not come under the influence of countervailing duty laws.