If the U.S. position on calculating the regional content of automobiles prevails in a USMCA state-to-state dispute, Baker McKenzie associate Eunkyung Kim Shin predicted, companies would be likely to import more parts used to assemble the automobiles. Shin, who spoke at a Baker McKenzie webinar Nov. 15, said that when the entire value of a part counts toward the vehicle regional content threshold once that part meets its own rule of origin, it makes sense to build the part in Mexico, the U.S. or Canada. But if the non-local content of those parts is not disregarded when doing vehicle-level calculations, it might be cheaper just to import the parts from a lower-cost country, she said.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 16 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on paper file folders from China, India and Vietnam (A-570-147, A-533-910, A-552-834), and its countervailing duty investigation on the same product from India (C-533-911). The CV duty investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021. The AD duty investigations on China and Vietnam cover entries April 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2022, and the AD duty investigation on India covers the period Oct. 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on emulsion styrene butadiene rubber from Russia (A-821-835) and the Czech Republic (A-851-805). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in these final determinations take effect Nov. 17, the date they are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Oct. 31 - Nov. 6 and Nov. 7-13:
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 14 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
Russia will no longer be considered a market economy in antidumping duty investigations, which will likely cause future AD rates to rise for some Russian companies and rates to be set higher in AD duty orders issued for the country going forward.
Public interest comments are due to the International Trade Commission by Nov. 22 in a potential Section 337 case regarding imported marine air conditioning systems (ITC Docket No. 3654), according to a Federal Register notice released Nov. 10.
The International Trade Commission began a formal investigation on imported electronics and semiconductors (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1340), it said in a Federal Register notice released Nov. 10.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 7 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):