UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION In the Matter of: ) Investigation Nos.: UNCOATED GROUNDWOOD PAPER FROM CANADA ) 701-TA-584 and 731-TA-1382 ) (FINAL) REVISED AND CORRECTED Pages: 1 - 344 Place: Washington, D.C. Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. Stenotype Reporters 1625 I Street, NW Suite 790 Washington, D.C. 20006 202-347-3700 Nationwide Coverage www.acefederal.com 1 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 BEFORE THE 3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 4 5 IN THE MATTER OF: ) Investigation Nos.: 6 UNCOATED GROUNDWOOD PAPER ) 701-TA-584 AND 731-TA-1382 7 FROM CANADA ) (FINAL) 8 9 10 11 12 Main Hearing Room (Room 101) 13 U.S. International Trade 14 Commission 15 500 E Street, SW 16 Washington, DC 17 Tuesday, July 17, 2018 18 The meeting commenced pursuant to notice at 9:30 19 a.m., before the Commissioners of the United States 20 International Trade Commission, the Honorable David S. 21 Johanson, Chairman, presiding. 22 23 24 25 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 2 1 APPEARANCES: 2 On behalf of the International Trade Commission: 3 Commissioners: 4 Chairman David S. Johanson (presiding) 5 Commissioner Rhonda K. Schmidtlein 6 Commissioner Irving A. Williamson 7 Commissioner Meredith M. Broadbent 8 9 10 11 Staff: 12 William R. Bishop, Supervisory Hearings and Information 13 Officer 14 Tyrell Burch, Program Support Specialist 15 Sharon Bellamy, Records Management Specialist 16 17 Calvin Chang, Investigator 18 Robert Ireland, International Trade Analyst 19 Amelia Preece, International Economist 20 Charles Yost, Accountant/Auditor 21 John Henderson, Attorney/Advisor 22 Elizabeth Haines, Supervisory Investigator 23 24 25 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 3 1 Congressional Appearances: 2 The Honorable Susan M. Collins, United States Senator, Maine 3 The Honorable Johnny Isakson, United States Senator, Georgia 4 The Honorable Robert P. Casey, Jr., United States Senator, 5 Pennsylvania 6 The Honorable Roger F. Wicker, United States Senator, 7 Mississippi 8 The Honorable Angus S. King, Jr., United States Senator, 9 Maine 10 The Honorable Doug Jones, United States Senator, Alabama 11 The Honorable Jim Cooper, U.S. Representative, 5th District, 12 Tennessee 13 The Honorable Robert B. Aderholt, U.S. Representative, 4th 14 District, Alabama 15 The Honorable Danny K. Davis, U.S. Representative, 7th 16 District, Illinois 17 The Honorable Brian Higgins, U.S. Representative, 26th 18 District, New York 19 The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers, U.S. Representative, 20 5th District, Washington 21 The Honorable Phil Roe, U.S. Representative, 1st District, 22 Tennessee 23 The Honorable Bill Flores, U.S. Representative, 17th 24 District, Texas 25 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 4 1 APPEARANCES (Continued): 2 The Honorable Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann, U.S. 3 Representative, 3rd District, Tennessee 4 The Honorable David B. McKinley, P.E., U.S. Representative, 5 1st District, West Virginia 6 The Honorable John Moolenaar, U.S. Representative, 4th 7 District Michigan 8 The Honorable Bruce Poliquin, U.S. Representative, 2nd 9 District, Maine 10 The Honorable Dave Trott, U.S. Representative, 11th 11 District, Michigan 12 The Honorable Ralph Norman, U.S. Representative, 5th 13 District, South Carolina 14 15 State Government Appearance: 16 The Honorable Rob Rolfe, Commissioner, Tennessee Department 17 of Economic and Community Development, State of Tennessee 18 Ted Sprague, President, Cowlitz Economic Development Council 19 20 Opening Remarks: 21 Petitioners (Bonnie B. Byers, King & Spalding LLP) 22 Respondents (Elliot J. Feldman, Baker & Hostetler LLP) 23 24 25 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 5 1 APPEARANCES(Continued): 2 In Support of the Imposition of Antidumping and 3 Countervailing Duty Orders: 4 King & Spalding LLP 5 Washington, DC 6 on behalf of 7 North Pacific Paper Company 8 Craig R. Anneberg, Chief Executive Officer, North 9 Pacific Paper Company 10 Robert W.A. Buckingham, II, Vice President of 11 Manufacturing, North Pacific Paper Company 12 Leo Thomas Crowley, Vice President of Sales and 13 Marketing, North Pacific Paper Company 14 Peter A. Harnish, Senior Business Analyst, North 15 Pacific Paper Company 16 William Bryan Lucas, Senior Fiber Control Room 17 Operator, North Pacific Paper Company 18 Gregory A. Pallesen, President, Association of Western 19 Pulp & Paper Workers ("AWPPW") 20 Mark Cutshall, Member, AWPPW Local 422 21 Andrew Grossell, Former President, AWPPW Local 155 22 Daniel W. Klett, Principal, Capital Trade, Inc. 23 Bonnie B. Byers, Senior International Trade Consultant, 24 King & Spalding LLP 25 Stephen A. Jones and Benjamin J. Bay - Of Counsel Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 6 1 APPEARANCES (Continued): 2 In Opposition to the Imposition of Antidumping and 3 Countervailing Duty Orders: 4 Sidley Austin LLP 5 Washington, DC 6 on behalf of 7 Catalyst Paper Corporation 8 Catalyst Pulp and Paper Sales, Inc. 9 Catalyst Paper (USA) Inc. 10 Edward Dwyer, President and Chief Executive Officer, 11 Catalyst Paper Corporation 12 James Isaac, Legal Consultant, Catalyst Paper 13 Corporation 14 Neil R. Ellis, Rajib Pal and Carys M. Golesworthy - Of 15 Counsel 16 17 Cassidy Levy Kent (USA) LLP 18 Washington, DC 19 on behalf of 20 Tembec, Inc. ("Tembec") 21 Chris Black, Senior Vice President, Forest Products, 22 Paper & Paperboard, Tembec 23 Martin Lavoie, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, 24 Paper, Tembec 25 Yohai Baisburd and Mary Jane Alves - Of Counsel Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 7 1 APPEARANCES (Continued): 2 Baker & Hostetler LLP 3 Washington, DC 4 on behalf of 5 Resolute FP Canada Inc. 6 Resolute FP US Inc. 7 John Lafave, Senior Vice President, Pulp and Paper 8 Sales and Marketing Resolute Forest Products Inc. 9 Rob Wise, General Manager, (Grenada, Mississippi) 10 Resolute FP US Inc. 11 Jennifer Lutz, Senior Economist, Economic Consulting 12 Services 13 Elliot J. Feldman, Michael S. Snarr and Mark B. 14 Lehnardt - Of Counsel 15 16 Mowry & Grimson, PLLC 17 Washington, DC 18 on behalf of 19 Gannett Supply Corporation ("Gannett") 20 Frank O'Toole, President, Gannett 21 Elizabeth Allen, Vice President, Associate General 22 Counsel, and Secretary, Gannett 23 Kristin H. Mowry and Jeffrey S. Grimson - Of Counsel 24 25 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 8 1 APPEARANCES (Continued): 2 Covington & Burling LLP 3 Washington, DC 4 on behalf of 5 New Media Alliance 6 Andrew S. Johnson, Publisher of the Dodge County 7 Pionier, Cambellsport News, and Kewaskum Statesman, 8 President-elect of the National Newspaper Association 9 Paul C. Tash, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 10 the Tampa Bay Times and Times Publishing Company 11 Paul Boyle, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, News 12 Media Alliance 13 Shara L. Aranoff and James M. Smith - Of Counsel 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 9 1 APPEARANCES (Continued): 2 Covington & Burling LLP 3 Washington, DC 4 on behalf of 5 Kruger Inc. 6 Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited 7 Kruger Trois-Rivieres L.P. 8 Kruger Brompton L.P. 9 Kruger Publication Papers Inc. 10 David Angel, Executive Vice President and Chief 11 Financial Officer, Kruger, Inc. 12 Francois D'Amours, Senior Vice President and Chief 13 Operating Officer, Publication Papers, Kruger Inc. 14 Shara L. Aranoff and James M. Smith - Of Counsel 15 16 Interested Party in Opposition: 17 Quad/Graphics, Inc. 18 Sussex, WI 19 Patrick Henderson, Director of Government Affairs 20 21 Rebuttal/Closing Remarks: 22 Petitioners (Stephen A. Jones, King & Spalding LLP) 23 Respondents (Elliot J. Feldman, Baker & Hostetler LLP) 24 25 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 10 1 I N D E X 2 Page 3 The Honorable Susan M. Collins, United States 4 Senator, Maine 15 5 The Honorable Johnny Isakson, United States 6 Senator, Georgia 19 7 The Honorable Roger F. Wicker, United States Senator, 8 Mississippi 22 9 The Honorable Angus S. King, Jr., United States Senator, 10 Maine 27 11 The Honorable Jim Cooper, U.S. Representative, 5th District, 12 Tennessee 31 13 The Honorable Danny K. Davis, U.S. Representative, 7th 14 District, Illinois 32 15 The Honorable Brian Higgins, U.S. Representative, 26th 16 District, New York 36 17 The Honorable Bill Flores, U.S. Representative, 17th 18 District, Texas 39 19 The Honorable Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann, U.S. 20 Representative, 3rd District, Tennessee 42 21 The Honorable David B. McKinley, P.E., U.S. Representative, 22 1st District, West Virginia 46 23 24 25 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 11 1 I N D E X 2 Page 3 The Honorable John Moolenaar, U.S. Representative, 4th 4 District Michigan 50 5 The Honorable Bruce Poliquin, U.S. Representative, 2nd 6 District, Maine 53 7 The Honorable Dave Trott, U.S. Representative, 11th 8 District, Michigan 59 9 The Honorable Rob Rolfe, Commissioner, Tennessee Department 10 of Economic and Community Development, State of Tennessee 62 11 Ted Sprague, President, Cowlitz Economic Development Council 12 Opening Remarks: 65 13 Petitioners (Bonnie B. Byers, King & Spalding LLP) 69 14 Respondents (Elliot J. Feldman, Baker & Hostetler LLP) 72 15 Craig A. Anneberg, Chief Executive Officer, North Pacific 16 Paper Company 77 17 Robert W.A. Buckingham, II, Vice President of 18 Manufacturing, North Pacific Paper Company 84 19 Leo Thomas Crowley, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, 20 North Pacific Paper Company 89 21 William Bryan Lucas, Senior Fiber Control Room Operator, 22 North Pacific Paper Company 94 23 Gregory A. Pallesen, President, Association of Western Pulp 24 & Paper Workers ("AWPPW") 96 25 Mark Cutshall, Member, AWPPW Local 422 100 Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 202-347-3700 12 1 I N D E X 2 Page 3 Andrew Grossell, Former President, AWPPW Local 155 103 4 Daniel W.