Paper Battle to Be Decided in October

The companies and the USW filed unfair trade cases with the DOC and ITC on Sept. 23, 2009, alleging that certain coated paper from China and Indonesia had been dumped and subsidized, resulting in injury to the domestic industry and its employees. The paper products covered by the petitions include coated paper in sheet form used in high-quality writing, printing and other graphic applications, with a GE brightness rating of 80 or higher and weighing up to 340 grams per square meter.