On May 6, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., said that despite Democratic opposition in the House Ways and Means Committee to a package of bills renewing and altering the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program, he expects there will be enough support for the bill to pass under suspension of the rules, which requires two-thirds of the House. Most bills this year have passed under suspension of the rules, rather than with a rule fashioned by the very narrow Republican majority. Smith said GSP works well to get its beneficiary countries to treat U.S. exports more favorably.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of April 29 - May 5:
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 6, 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 announced a new Enforce and Protect Act investigation, saying it has reasonable suspicion that Just About Foods evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on xanthan gum from China, and enacting interim measures against the importer.
International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
A bill that would impose new requirements for e-commerce platforms to detect and police counterfeits, Shop Safe (Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce), will be moving through the House Judiciary Committee "in the next few weeks," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said May 7. Issa, who chairs Judiciary's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, spoke to International Trade Today after a hearing his subcommittee held on the administration's response to counterfeits.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Adrian Smith called out U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai for the lengthy wait for the Section 301 tariffs review, which officially started in July 2022 after a round of comments that year in May in favor of extending the action.
The subcommittee that covers intellectual property issues under the House Judiciary Committee questioned how Congress should address the escalating volume of de minimis packages -- and the opportunities those shipments provide for sending counterfeits and goods made with forced labor, but the CBP witness responsible for de minimis and IP declined to back any of the ideas that were bandied about.