Julian Spector | Canary Media Link to article
In order for the Commerce Department to determine that circumvention of tariffs is happening, it must find, among other things, that work taking place in a third-party country be only “minor or insignificant.” Auxin used BNEF’s research to try to make that point. But with BNEF stating that its research does not support that conclusion, Auxin’s case looks weaker. Still, Auxin did succeed in kicking off the inquiry, and now it’s up to the Commerce Department to decide if it finds the company’s theory persuasive.
