US investigates software imports in unusual trade-restraint case

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The US Commerce Department is investigating a complaint of unfair trade filed by Visible Systems Corp against Singapore firm CSA Pte. CSA's US subsidiary Computer Systems Advisors Inc is marketing the computer-aided software engineering package POSE, the development of which was subsidized by the Singapore government. POSE competes directly with other CASE packages in the $1 billion US market. If Commerce decides that Singapore unfairly subsidized POSE, countervailing duties will be imposed on the package. Because of the nature of software, which can be transmitted over telecommunications wires or copied from a single master disk brought into the US, countervailing duties may not be enough to protect US products. This is the first unfair-trade investigation involving software, and its outcome will have repercussions for years to come as other countries, notably Japan, strive to make their software industry competitive with the US.

Admin. of general economic programs, Management, Computer software industry, Software industry, Unfair competition (Commerce), Unfair competition, Legal Issues, Visible Systems Corp., CSA Inc., POSE (Program development software)

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Commerce agency says display screens from Japan are being dumped in U.S

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The U.S. Department of Commerce alleges that Japanese companies are dumping display screens on the U.S. computer market. The Commerce Department states that the display screens, which are used on laptop computers and electronic notebooks, are being sold in the U.S. at less than their home-market prices. The U.S. government recommends that Japanese companies pay anti-dumping duties including a modest duty of 4.6 percent for Sharp Corp display screens, a 1.46 percent duty for Toshiba Corp products and a 2.33 percent duty for the displays of several other Japanese companies. The ruling is seen as a partial victory for U.S. makers who petitioned the Commerce Department to investigate the dumping.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, United States, Japan, Japanese foreign relations, United States foreign relations, Electroluminescent displays, International competition (Economics), Dumping (International trade), Electroluminescent display systems, Export, Japanese Competition, Displays, Investigation

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Software-imports ruling by U.S. sets trade precedent

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The Commerce Department set a trade precedent by ruling that specific software packages from Singapore that receive government subsidies are subject to US countervailing duties. This is the first time the Commerce Department ruled against software imports in a countervailing duties case. Before, software was not considered to be a product subject to customs duties. The ruling is important to US software manufacturers seeking protection against unfair-trade practices. Duties will offset price advantages that foreign software publishers have over US software manufacturers because of foreign government subsidies.

Software, Tariff, Import, Software packages

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