Beijing’s unfair trade practices are the target of U.S. tariffs that went into effect on July 6. On the same day, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported malpractice by China in the piping industry.
The Commerce Department determined that Chinese imports of cast iron soil pipe fittings—a type of plumbing implement—sold in the U.S. market were priced at 22.11 to 360.39 percent below fair market value, a practice known as dumping.
