Monday, July 25, 2005

STCC returns fire

While there is a move afoot to suspend duties imposed on cement "illegally dumped" from Mexico as a means to deal with the U.S. cement shortage, the Southern Tier Cement Committee (STCC) is not on board. Joe Dorn, a Washington-based attorney representing STCC says, "It's very concerning that a few American businesses and industry groups have been recruited, under the guise of a cement supply crisis, to help Cemex remove the duty imposed on its illegally dumped cement. How can the AGC and other groups criticize the United States for imposing dumping duties on Mexican cement . . . when Mexico does not permit imports of fairly traded cement into its market?" The game is on. Your comment?