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This 9-page paper is a case study regarding KTSB, a steel company in Malaysia, and the impact of a potential anti-dumping petition from U.S. companies might have on the business. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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that U.S. manufacturers who face what they consider as unfair competition from dumped imports can ask that imports of that particular product be restricted. "Dumping" is defined as selling goods
in the U.S. market at prices lower than prices of a manufacturer that would be in the U.S. The main activities of KB are the manufacture and distribution of welded
stainless steel pipes and fittings and carbon steel pipes; and manufacture and distribution of bedding products and furniture (spring mattresses, in particular). In 1989, a corporate decision led to the
formation of KTSB, which was to produce various stainless pipes and fittings. One of the names for one of the KTSB products was "Kanzen Tetsu," which means, in Japanese, "perfect
steel," and promoted the image of the company as a strong international one of quality. In 1990, KTSBs factory in Malaysia began producing welded stainless steel pipes and fittings in
1990, exporting 80 percent to the U.S., Canada and Japan, and selling the remainder on the Malaysian market. The problem came, however, when more steel came onto the U.S. market,
prompting the Specialty Tubing Group (STG) an American industry association, to appeal to U.S. President George H.W. Bush to place antidumping duties on stainless steel pipe imports from Malaysia and
Thailand. The two issues faced by KTSB are, first of all, how could the company ensure that the U.S. industry didnt file an antidumping petition -- and if one were
filed, how could KTSB win the case? The second question is - if antidumping duties were imposed on Malaysian imports, what could and should KTSB do? As both history and
the literature written about antidumping campaigns shows, the accusation of a U.S. trade group on foreign manufacturers of dumping isnt a new one -- it seems, in fact, as though
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