U.S. trade panel finds U.S. producers hurt by Chinese steel wheel imports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Thursday it had made a preliminary finding that U.S. producers were being harmed by imports of steel automotive wheels from China.

The decision follows an announcement last month by the U.S. Commerce Department that it had opened an investigation to determine if certain steel wheels from China are dumped in the United States and whether producers in China are receiving unfair subsidies.

(Reporting by Eric Walsh and Makini Brice; Editing by Tim Ahmann)