U.S. Downgrades Russia from �Market Economy� Status

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
$12.5 billion in Russian goods imported by the United States in January-September is almost half of the amount it imported in
of the United States anti-dumping law to address the market distortions caused by increasing interference from the Russian government in
the economy; an increase in government control over prices; a deterioration in rights associated with freedom of information; and the
Friday.Russia joins 11 other countries, including nine ex-Soviet republics as well as China and Vietnam, that are treated as non-market
economies by the United States The United States had treated Russia as a market economy since 2002, when it awarded the designation as a