For Immediate Release
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KOHL STATEMENT ON ITC HEARING ON APPLETON PAPERS ANTI-DUMPING CASE

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, US Senator Herb Kohl testified on behalf of Appleton Papers Inc. before the International Trade Commission.  The hearing was at the request of Appleton Papers on its case regarding subsidized imports of lightweight thermal paper from China and Germany.  Last week, the US Department of Commerce ruled Chinese producers of lightweight thermal paper are receiving illegal subsidies from the Chinese government.  In the same ruling, the agency also found Chinese and German producers to be selling their products below market value.  Senator Kohl's statement follows:

 

Based on the compelling facts of this case, the International Trade Commission has an opportunity to stop foreign producers from illegally flooding our market with cheap paper products. 

 

The stakes could not be higher with the fate of Appleton Papers and the jobs of its hard-working employees hanging in the balance.  Wisconsin cannot afford to lose another paper company.

 

 

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