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- Page 7 and 8: CHAPTER 1 Overview Introduction Ove
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• Domestic demand for hotrolled s
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Although the production facilities
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3.2 Structural Factors and Japanese
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apparent in the marked differences
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High Domestic Prices The apparent c
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outstripped growth in domestic dema
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Noncompetitive Domestic Market and
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Professor Tilton’s price analysis
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The Product Certification System Ad
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Three factors contributed to tippin
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Collapse of Asian Export Markets At
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at a loss. The rationale for pricin
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3.3 Korea’s Steel Industry in The
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negotiations for the purchase of Ha
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almost 700 percent (Chart 3-31). By
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of 1997 and 1998, when capacity uti
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• Regulating POSCO after privatiz
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approximately 32 percent from 1997
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denominated revenue. For other mini
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Rounding Out the Big Three Usiminas
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Chapter 3: Behind the Crisis—Braz
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Import Licensing System Importers m
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they were able to cut their prices,
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CHAPTER 4 U.S. Response to the Cris
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compared to November 1998 and conti
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downstream products. The U.S. indus
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for by the WTO. The industry argues
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Effect of Excess Inventories Much o
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coke but also to the large increase
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The Role of the Chinese Coke Indust
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CHAPTER 5 Reforms and Restructuring
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The current dramatic economic and s
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While this analysis is largely corr
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these four heavyweights will be abl
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Government Initiatives to Encourage
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U.S. Firm Takes Over Hanbo Steel Pr
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ensure that the commercial banks fo
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Again, while these efforts hold pro
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Brazil-IMF Reform Program Throughou
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CHAPTER 6 New Players in the Global
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• Be subject to strong subsidy di
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Technological Backwardness. China
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100 kg at present. Per capita consu
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Current Reform Efforts in the State
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wire rod production with an annual
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Notwithstanding the negative impact
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Media reports and interviews with v
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Baoshan is not equipped to provide
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Domestic Consumption In 1998, Ukrai
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two firms, Enakievo and Konstantino
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• Barter. Ukrainian steel compani
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Today India is the world’s tenth
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among steel-intensive sectors, such
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Banks’ Debt and Equity Exposure D
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Tariffs. High tariff rates also con
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new sales growth. 196 By 1998, even
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CHAPTER 7 Avoiding Future Crises In
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propose to monitor additional data
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determination of dumping. In Octobe
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Engaging Korea On Hanbo In late 199
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Korea Korea’s steel industry has
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New Players: China, Ukraine, and In
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government and private sector assis
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Notes Chapter 1 1. Difference of av
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massive layoff data shows 9,550 emp
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also possess weaknesses, which the
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64. Ibid., 145-177. 65. Id. Bethleh
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ITC considered numerous factors. On
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104. Harry Thuedaus was recently re
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Frank Markus, Successes and Failure
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Decrepit Steel Plant in the Urals,
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2. WTO. At the time of this report,
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Among those who have written on thi
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line pipe markets, the European and
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97. Merrill Lynch, “Steel Industr
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chaebol to downside risk. This crea
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provided after 1991 by domestic ban
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61. Catholic University of Korea Pr
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acquired on economically viable ter
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date of publication in printed vers
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Producers of iron ore and coke, the
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production may be shut down by the
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56. U.S. government sources. 57.
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79. World Bank-Korea, 12. 80. Seong
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24. 24. “Hard Times for China’s
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60. “PRC To Further Cut Steel Out
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132. In terms of crude steel produc
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195. The capacity of the new steel