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WASHINGTON Moses Malone Jersey , May 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday launched anti-dumping duty and countervailing duty investigations against imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from China, Germany, India, Italy, the Republic of Korea and Switzerland.


The investigations are in response to a request from five U.S. steel tubular products manufacturers, the Commerce Department said in a statement.


They alleged that producers in each of these six countries were dumping cold-drawn mechanical tubing in the U.S. market with margins ranging from 12 percent to 209.06 percent.


They also claimed that the governments of China and India were providing improper subsidies to producers of cold-drawn mechanical tubing, the department said.


The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), another U.S. trade authority, is scheduled to make its preliminary inquiry determinations around June 5.


The probe will continue if the ITC determines that there is a reasonable indication that imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from these countries materially injure or threaten the domestic industry of the United States.


Cold-drawn mechanical tubing is a tubular product with a circular cross-sectional shape that has been cold-drawn or otherwise cold-finished in a manner that involves a change in the diameter or wall thickness of the tubing, the department said.


Last year, imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from China were estimated at about 29.4 million U.S. dollars, according to the department.


The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has kept urging Washington to abide by its commitment against protectionism and help maintain a free, open and just international trade environment.


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The smallest budgets should not dissuade you from taking on home improvement plans that will help keep your home safe and sound. In fact, some of these ideas can easily be done without buying anything. We like to focus on those projects that are less involved, but they provide good value and service to your investment. On the Internet, there is a lot of information about your expensive projects like remodeling your kitchen. If you don't want to spend money, you are like most people that are traumatized at the state of the economy worldwide.

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In conclusion, these home improvement tips will help you improve the safety of your home, but may also be something that you personally cannot do. One thing that everyone can do is use the electrical outlet checker which can be learned very easily.

It is important to complete the other two tips as well. You will have to hire an electrician to get these projects done. But they will not cost you a lot of money, and you will be enhancing the safety of your home.

ROME, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 64 football managers, agents and players have been put under investigation in Italy in a large probe of suspected systematic tax evasion, local media reported.


Finance police searched a number of offices of Serie A and Serie B clubs early Tuesday and seized assets worth around 12 million euros (13.03 million U.S. dollars).


A total of 35 clubs and 100 people were allegedly involved in the tax evasion and false invoices system, related in particular to the buying and selling of footballers, leading sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport said.


Those under investigation included AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani, Napoli chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis, AC Lazio President Claudio Lotito, former Juventus CEO Jean-Claude Blanc and agent Alessandro Moggi, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.


Among the investigated players there were Atalanta defensor on loan from AC Milan Gabrie.