US imposes duty on Chinese copper pipe, tube imports

BEIJING - The United States International Trade Commission on Tuesday gave final approval to duties on seamless refined copper pipe and tube imported from China, which would damage the interests of both sides, analysts said.

The levy will also apply to products from Mexico, and that will affect China too, as the nation also has Mexican enterprises that manufacture those products.

Furthermore, the move will only result in orders being transferred to other countries with costs equal to those in China, instead of bringing substantial economic gain to the US, analysts and industry insiders said.