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WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) celebrates the International Trade Commission’s decision to maintain restrictions on imports of a Chinese chemical sanitizing agent that kills bacteria and keeps water clean. The decision follows Kennedy’s work in support of American and Louisianian chemical industries, which face Chinese dumping schemes that unfairly undercut American producers.

“I am glad to see the Trade Commission move to defend American-made products against illegal Chinese dumping. Louisiana’s chemical workers and job creators are already taking a beating thanks to the Biden administration’s tax on our state’s industry, and there’s no reason to make it easy for the Chinese Communist regime to rob American producers of their market share,” said Kennedy. 

Background:

  • In 2020, Hurricane Laura sparked a fire that destroyed KIK’s Bio-Lab facility in Lake Charles, La., which produces a chemical sanitizing agent known as chlorinated isocyanurates. Due to this, KIK temporarily imported the chemical from outside suppliers while it worked to restore domestic production.
  • “Louisianians, Bio-Lab’s business, other producers, and America’s water sanitizing customers cannot afford to weather a government-imposed storm caused by an incomplete decision that advantages China,” Kennedy wrote to the Commerce Department and International Trade Commission this September.
  • After rebuilding the facility, the Bio-Lab plant is now fully operational and has 30% more production capacity.
  • Kennedy joined Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) in sending this letter.