The International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imported of Dyson surface cleaning products (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1404), it said in a March 3 notice. Complainants SharkNinja and Omachron initially alleged in 2023 that Dyson’s stick and hand vacuums copy SharkNinja's and Omachron’s patents related to a straight-line configuration, dust-emptying system and separate dirt collection and cyclone chambers (see 2406130034).

A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on certain chassis and subassemblies imported from Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam. Commerce now will decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. The U.S. Chassis Manufacturers Coalition, which consists of the Cheetah Chassis Corporation and Stoughton Trailers, requested the investigation.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 28 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 27 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):

WilmerHale International Trade Practice leader David Ross told panelists on a discussion of reciprocal trade that, "contrary to some earlier expectations, there are indications that the president is not planning to do a line-by-line" tariff adjustment to match tariff levels of trading partners, but, rather, to seek to quantify the costs of higher tariffs and other policies he sees as trade barriers, and to put a single tariff rate on the country's products.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 26 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):

A major rewrite of antidumping duty and countervailing duty laws, first introduced five years ago but only passed in one chamber (see 2203030053), was reintroduced this week by Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 25 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 International Trade Commission found that imports of paper plates from China, Thailand and Vietnam materially injure a U.S. industry, paving the way for antidumping and countervailing duty orders, the agency announced Feb. 24. It issued this final determination following a Commerce Department finding that imports from China, Thailand and Vietnam are sold in the U.S. at less than fair value and imports from China and Vietnam are subsidized by their countries' governments (see 2501270053 and 2501270049). As a result, the Commerce Department will issue countervailing duty orders on imports of this product from China and Vietnam, and antidumping duty orders on imports of this product from China, Thailand and Vietnam.

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