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US sets preliminary duties on China steel wire good

Tue Nov 3, 2009 3:01pm EST

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it has set preliminary duties ranging from 2 percent to 438 percent on hundreds of millions of dollars of imported steel wire decking from China to offset government subsidies.

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It was latest in a growing list of actions against imports from China, the United States' second largest trading partner.

(Reporting by Doug Palmer; Editing by Jackie Frank)



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