The Commerce Dept has imposed anti-dumping and countervailing duties on shipments of fabricated steel from China and Mexico Jan. 24 and anti-dumping duties on fabricated steel shipments from Canada but no countervailing duties.
A countervailing subsidy is a foreign government's financial help for a foreign company's goods; the U.S. sets anti-dumping duties on companies found to have sold products below cost in U.S. markets.