A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it. Their strategy is expansionist and imperialist, and it is greatest in effect, of course, when there is no countervailing power. with an equally strong but opposite effect (contrevaloir, from contre- ( COUNTER-) + valoir )
A duty or surtax levied on an imported article to offset an excise or inland revenue tax placed upon articles of the same class manufactured domestically
A duty levied on an imported article to offset the unfair price advantage it holds due to a subsidy paid to producers or exporters by the government of the exporting country if such imports cause or threaten injury to a domestic industry
A duty unilaterally imposed by A Government against specific products from certain countries in order to offset improper subsidies provided by the government of that country It is imposed at the end of a countervailing duty investigation
A duty over and above normal duties, imposed by the Secretary of the Treasury to counteract the economic advantage afforded the foreign supplier (from export grants, bounties or subsidies paid in certain countries by their government for export promotion)
An extra charge that a country places on imported goods to counter the subsidies or bounties granted to the exporters of the goods by their home governments The duty is allowed by the Code on Subsidies and Countervailing Duties negotiated at the Tokyo Round, if the importing country can prove that the subsidy would cause injury to domestic industry U S countervailing duties can only be imposed after the International Trade Commission has determined that the imports are causing or threatening to cause material injury to a U S industry
An extra duty imposed on imports to offset export grants, bounties, or subsidies paid to foreign suppliers by their government as an incentive to export
An additional levy imposed on imported goods to offset subsidies provided to producers or exporters by the government of the exporting country, permitted under Article VI of the GATT
A duty unilaterally imposed by the United States against specific products from certain countries in order to offset improper subsidies provided by the government of that country It is imposed at the end of a countervailing duty investigation A CVD investigation is a complex investigation conducted by two U S agencies , the International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission
An additional duty imposed to counter unfairly subsidized products paid to foreign suppliers in certain countries, by the goverment of that country for the purpose of promoting export
An additional levy imposed on imported goods to offset subsidies provided to producers or exporters by the government of the exporting country A wide range of practices are recognized as constituting subsidies that may be offset Countervailing duties are permitted under Article VI (see appendix Ill) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Under U S law, however, countervailing duties can only be imposed after the U S International Trade Commission has determined that the imports are causing or threatening to cause material injury to a U S industry
To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate