Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition (CITAC) - Keeping the Channels of Trade Open

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The Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition (CITAC) is a Washington, DC-based trade organization with one primary objective: to ensure that consuming industries and manufacturers in America have access to reliable supplies of globally-priced materials necessary for those industries to produce their products. More

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CITAC Joins Businesses to Urge President Bush to Reject "Zeroing" Legislation: Press Release, December 12, 2007. Read

Letters to White House: December 12, 2007 | October 11, 2007 (PDF)

CITAC’s Letter to House Ways and Means Committee on Zeroing. August 24, 2007 Read

CITAC’s Comments to House Ways and Means Committee on Zeroing. February 8, 2007 Read (PDF)

CITAC’s letters to Congress Regarding Eliminating "Zeroing".
January 25, 2007. Read

CITAC’s Comments on Commerce’s Zeroing Proposal. May 4, 2006 Read

Press release: CITAC Calls on Commerce Department to Stop “Zeroing” Practice Following WTO Ruling. April 18, 2006 Read

Testimony of Lewis E. Leibowitz before the Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee. August 2, 2007 Read

The American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act:
CITAC letter of support for the HR 4217, the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act, addressed to the Subcommittee on Trade of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. August 22, 2006 Read

Consumer-Friendly Provisions in Major Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Laws of Trading Nations of the World. June 19, 2006 Read (PDF)

CITAC Letter of Support and Comments to the Department of Commerce on Proposed Procedures for Importation of Supplies for Use in Emergency Relief Work, 71 Fed. Reg. 35846 (June 22, 2006). July 24, 2006. Read

Resolution by J. Knollenberg, member of Congress, submitted to the House of Representatives on February 10, 2005. Read (PDF)

J. Knollenberg calls other members of Congress to co-sponsor his resolution. Read (PDF)

Retrospective Collection of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties — Impact On Consuming Industries. January 2005 Read

GAO Report: International Trade — Issues and Effects of Implementing the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act. GAO-05-979, September 26, 2005.
Report Highlights (PDF) | Full report (PDF)
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Committee on Ways and Means: GAO Questions Effectiveness of CDSOA / "Byrd Amendment", September 26, 2005. Read (PDF)

Sen. Grassley's press release: GAO report on the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA) ("Byrd Amendment"). Read (PDF)

CITAC press release: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report on Byrd Amendment Exposes Flaws in Trade Law, September 26, 2005. Read

"Anti-dumping Laws Create Trade Barriers", letter to the Wall Street Journal by Lewis Leibowitz, CITAC Counsel. October 14, 2005. Read

The Byrd Amendment is one of CITAC's most important trade issues. Its repeal would do away with one of the most egregious current examples of corporate welfare, totaling more than $1 billion to date with no strings attached. Read more about CITAC´s efforts to repeal the Byrd Amendment in 2005:

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FY 2005 "Byrd Amendment" Million Dollar Jackpot Winners. Read

Byrd Amendment Distributions of $1 Million or More Fiscal Year 2004. Read

Repeal the "Byrd Amendment." January 2005 Read

"Trading Places: Speaker Wilkins' Skills Needed in Ottawa" — editorial by Michael Fannings, CITAC Chairman, on the Softwood lumber and Byrd Amendment issues involved in Canada-US trade exports. Read

The Heritage Foundation on The Byrd Amendment:
"... the Byrd Amendment ... supposedly is designed to prevent other countries from 'dumping' — ... But the law actually sets up a perverse incentive: If a company claims it is being harmed by foreign competitors, it can ask the Commerce Department for relief. So, instead of encouraging free trade, this measure does just the opposite." Read this article.

CITAC Joins Businesses to Urge President Bush to Reject Zeroing Legislation. 12/12/07 Read

CITAC Counsel urges House Ways & Means Committee to ensure that trade remedy laws consider interests of consuming industries. 8/2/07 Read

CITAC applauds preliminary Commerce Dept. Ruling to end zeroing in Ecuador shrimp dumping case. 6/18/07 Read

WTO Ruling on Practice Of Zeroing Expected to be Overturned on Appeal. 9/22/06 Read

CITAC: Filing Against China at WTO on Auto Parts Practices Highlights Importance of Following WTO Rules. 9/20/06 Read

CITAC Calls on Commerce Department to Stop "Zeroing" Practice Following WTO Ruling. 4/18/06 Read

CITAC Cheers Byrd Amendment Repeal by Congress. 2/1/06 Read

Senate Votes to Repeal the Byrd Amendment. 12/21/05 Read

CITAC Publishes 2005 'Byrd Amendment Millionaires Club;’ Payouts Total $226 Million in 2005, $1. 26 Billion Since 2001. 12/12/05 Read

CITAC Applauds House
of Representatives Passage of Byrd Amendment Repeal. 11/18/05 Read

CITAC Congratulates House Ways & Means Committee on Approval of Byrd Amendment Repeal. 10/26/05 Read

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report on Byrd Amendment Exposes Flaws in Trade Law. 9/26/05 Read

CITAC Praises Senator Grassley's Amendment to Halt Byrd Amendment Payments. 9/13/05 Read

Mexico to Impose $21 Million in Retaliatory Tariffs Against U.S. Exports; CITAC Says Byrd Amendment must be Repealed. 8/18/05 Read

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