An amendment that senators had hoped to attach to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, which would have temporarily removed the 15% tariff on imported titanium sponge (see 2405080012), didn't make it into the bill, which passed the Senate May 9.

Bloomberg reported that the White House will release the Section 301 tariffs review next week, with higher tariffs on electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells. The report said it's unclear if there will be any tariff reductions, "though large-scale reductions aren’t expected."

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 9, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.

CBP renewed its electronic export manifest pilot for rail cargo for two years, the agency said in a notice that is to be effective May 13. Renewing the pilot will allow CBP to continue to determine whether EEM will “allow for improvements in the functionality and capabilities at the departure level,” the agency said.

Customs lawyer John Foote, speaking at the Washington International Trade Association during a panel on import bans, investments and export controls, questioned whether the Biden administration is ready to coordinate forced labor import bans with allies, given how the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is still in its infancy.

The Court of International Trade on May 9 allowed a case to proceed against the Commerce Department's pause of antidumping and countervailing duties on Southeast Asian solar panels, rejecting motions to dismiss from the government and nine solar cell importers and exporters.

Flexport violated U.S. shipping laws when the logistics company failed to perform its "inland transportation obligations" and charged unfair detention and demurrage fees, Peloton said in a complaint filed with the Federal Maritime Commission May 3. Peloton said it paid "thousands" of improper detention and demurrage charges totaling "millions of dollars."

While the U.S. should look to counter China with export controls, tariffs and outbound investment restrictions, it also needs to better incentivize trading partners to diversify their supply chains away from China, the Atlantic Council said this week.

Correction: Commerce made a single change to the scope of its ongoing AD/CVD investigations on aluminum extrusions (see 2405070079) beyond what it already changed in its preliminary countervailing duty determinations. At the request of the petitioner that requested the investigations, Commerce is changing a paragraph to describe more clearly an exclusion from the scope, as follows: