The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that a group of specialists believe the U.S. sanctions against Myanmar (formerly Burma) haven't achieved their aims and have been counterproductive in moving that country toward democracy. The Seattle-based Myanmar specialists have issued a report which concludes that U.S. sanctions aren't working because of Myanmar's growing ties with China, India, and its Southeast Asian neighbors. (WSJ Pub 03/25/04)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation of magnesium metal from Russia.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation of magnesium metal from China.
According to a State Department Washington File article, on March 24, 2004, the Senate failed to invoke cloture (i.e., end debate) on a bill to repeal the Foreign Sales Corporation/Extraterritorial Income Act (ETI) tax regime. The article notes that after failing to block further amendments to the bill, the Senate Republican leadership announced that they would work on a new strategy for pushing for passage of the bill. (Washington File article dated 03/24/04, available at http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=March&x=20040324140811ebyessedo0.7140619&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html.)
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued two notices announcing that, following receipt of requests from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), it has instituted investigations under 19 USC 3804(f) regarding the potential economy wide and selected sectoral effects of the proposed Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) including the Dominican Republic, and the proposed U.S.-Morocco FTA.
U.S. government sources state that the International Trade Commission (ITC) is expected to soon post to its Web site Revision 1 of its electronic 2004 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. (HTS). Sources state that the ITC's goal is to have Revision 1 posted by mid-April 2004.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site various documents related to its development and expansion of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). The following are highlights of these documents:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is announcing that effective April 1, 2004 there will be changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers at the statistical suffix level (the 9th and 10th digits) for certain men's and boys' cotton T-shirts and certain other garments classified in HTS 6109.10.00.