<table class="data-table">
    <tr>

        <th style="width: 200px;">
            Description
        </th>
    </tr>
<% foreach (var item in Model) { %>

    <tr>
        <td style="width: 200px;">
            <%= Html.Encode(item.Description) %>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

browser html:

    <table class="data-table"> 
        <tr> 
          <th style="width: 200px;"> 
            Description
          </th> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td > 
           This is description
          </td>    
    </tr> 
   </table> 

Why this td size is not to apply on View page? In Design view on VS 2008 td size is applied, but after run project in my browser not have specified size