The Department of Commerce released its final determination on newsprint tariffs yesterday. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the relief on these tariffs that we had all hoped. There was a decrease for some of the mills that had the largest tariffs; however, Resolute saw their tariff more than double.Only Catalyst was found to have dumped paper at less than fair value (AD duties), all other Canadian producers were found to not have dumped newsprint.When it comes to the duties that were determin...

On Tuesday, members of Congress and witnesses voiced their opposition to tariffs on Canadian newsprint to the International Trade Commission, citing the harm already caused to U.S. newspapers in their home states.Newspapers have already been hit with higher newsprint prices since the Department of Commerce’s preliminary rulings both in January and March, and have adapted by reducing news coverage, reducing pages, laying off employees and/or not filling open positions. “Unfortuna...

There has been a lot happening as it relates to the newsprint tariff issue, and Illinois has played a prominent role in letting our voice be heard in D.C.

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