Mainecat
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dothedoo wrote:Mainecat wrote:dothedoo wrote:Mainecat wrote:Mainecat wrote:snoxraceteam wrote:Two weeks ago I was in the land of liberals, good ol' New England! I counted, and 1 out of every 8 cars was American. I would wager a bet that if I were to count cars here that the statistic would be reversed.
Have at it but you would be biased.
I visit Appleton once a year but you won't hear me callin em names. They are Americans just like me.
Appleton, Wisconsin?
Yes we buy Appleton Paper.
Fine high grade paper made by Americans and owned by the employees......American employees!!!
My sister and bro in law work there. I just heard on the news they were laying off about 100 folks. The paper industry here is struggling big time with several thousand jobs gone in the last few years so buy more ok.
They will be hired back soon I hope.
Appleton just won a court decision against a Chinese paper company. The company was dumping thermo papers in the US and was convicted of such. They were selling for under cost and "dumping" product to get market share.
The Chinese are our friends...keep supporting the Commie bastids.
Story below.....
Lawmakers applaud Appleton papermaker's win in trade case
ITC ruling means imports could financially harm Appleton
By ELLYN FERGUSON
Press-Gazette Washington bureau
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin lawmakers and union leaders today cheered papermaker Appleton’s victory against foreign competitors.
Appleton won the final round of a 13-month effort to prove German and Chinese lightweight thermal manufacturers used unfair trade practices that warranted U.S. government action.
Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold and Reps. Steve Kagen and Tom Petri said the International Trade Commission made the right decision in finding that artificially low prices for foreign paper products posed a significant economic threat to Appleton.
Kohl, Kagen and Petri along with Gov. Jim Doyle, D-Wis., testified before the commission at an October hearing on the case.
“Given the competitive global economy, this is a fair and proper response,” Petri, R-Fond du Lac said.
Kohl, D-Wis., called the ITC decision “great news for Appleton and our state’s paper industry, which have stood up to illegal dumping by foreign competitors.”
Doyle agreed, saying in a statement: “This morning, the domestic paper industry, including Wisconsin’s paper industry, scored a significant victory. ... Today’s ITC determination gives the Wisconsin paper industry a level playing field.”
Kohl, Feingold and Kagen said the Appleton case was just one example of the challenges U.S. companies face in dealing with foreign competition.
“Our trade policies have invited this kind of abuse, and we’ll see more of the same abuses in the future unless Washington is willing to stand up for our domestic firms and workers,” Feingold, D-Wis., said.
“What industry will we need to defend next?” asked Kagen, D-Appleton. “I remain determined to establish balanced trade between China and these United States.”
He noted that NewPage Corp., which lost a case before the ITC last year, has closed mills in Niagara and Kimberly, leaving several hundred people jobless.
Leo W. Gerard, international president of United Steelworkers of America, said the decision should boost job security for 1,700 workers at Appleton mills in Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and at Kanzaki Specialty Papers, a Massachusetts company that is a major producer of U.S. lightweight thermal paper. The Steelworkers union represents workers in the paper industry.
“Our distressed economy and paper workers needed our government’s decision in this case to warn foreign producers that when American industry is willing to fight for strong fair trade law enforcement -- they get it,” Gerard said.
Earlier today, the International Trade Commission voted 6-0 that artificially low-priced imports from Chinese companies pose an economic threat to Appleton.
Commissioners evenly split on the question of the level of economic threat presented by German imports, which were sold to commercial clients at prices below the cost of production.
ITC spokeswoman Peg O’Laughlin said the 3-3 vote under ITC law counts as an affirmative finding that German products are a threat to Appleton.
Commissioners did not discuss the reason for their decision at today's session. The quasi-judicial panel’s opinion will go to the Commerce Department in November and become public in early December.
Once the Commerce Department receives the decision, the agency will start requiring the lightweight thermal paper makers and exporters from China and Germany to post cash deposits on goods sold in the United States. The cash deposits, which vary by company, are designed to increase the cost of foreign products and close the gap between their prices and those charged by U.S. producers. The money will go to the federal treasury.
The decision was a boost for Appleton, which recently announced layoffs of 75 full-time and 20 temporary employees in its carbonless paper division. The company blamed a weak economy and a drop in demand.
In a statement released shortly after the ITC decision, Appleton’s chief executive officer praised the result.
“We are pleased with the ITC’s decision because it acknowledges the negative impact of unfair trade conditions we have experienced, and it restores a level playing field on which we can compete in this market,” CEO Mark Richards said.
Appleton, which is headquartered in Appleton, filed a petition in September 2007 alleging unfair trade practices by competitors from several countries. Appleton and Kanzaki are the leading U.S. lightweight thermal paper producers. Lightweight thermal paper is largely used for receipts at retail stores and ATMs.
The Commerce Department issued a final determination in September that Chinese and German paper manufacturers and exporters had dumped or sold their products to U.S. commercial clients at prices below the market rate.
The department also said several Chinese companies received government subsidies that enabled them to keep their prices artificially low.
The Commerce Department’s determinations sent the case to the International Trade Commission. For the order for cash deposits to take effect, the commission had to issue a final decision that the imports had materially injured or could materially injure Appleton.
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