Rep. Jared Golden, a Maine Democrat representing a district with a majority of Donald Trump voters, has introduced a bill to impose a blanket 10% additional tariff on all imports, an echo of Trump's original proposal. The former president later said he might impose a 20% tariff on those imports.
An effort to change CBP rules to allow more information sharing on counterfeits with rights holders has been attached to the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said this week.
A hearing about the Time to Choose Act, a bipartisan bill that would ban consultants and other service providers from working both with the U.S. government and Chinese-owned companies, Senate Homeland Security Committee ranking member Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he agreed with a witness who said it could create a slippery slope.
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 Sept. 26, 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 has released its Sept. 25 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 38), which includes the following actions, including one ruling revocation:
Texas-based syringe importer Retractable Technologies took to the Court of International Trade to contest the 100% increase of Section 301 tariffs recently imposed on needles and syringes from China. The complaint is seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the duties, claiming that the tariffs could send the company out of business (Retractable Technologies v. United States, CIT # 24-00185).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 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):
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1419) to consider a request from Balanced Body for a general exclusion order banning all imports of exercise equipment that infringe on its patents, the ITC said in a notice released Sept. 26. Balanced Body filed the underlying Section 337 complaint in August (see 2408200032), alleging several companies are importing aluminum reformers, which are stationary equipment used in pilates exercises, that copy its Allegro 2 and other product lines. The ITC will also consider cease and desist orders against Guangzhou Oasis, d/b/a trysauna.com; Ciga Pilates; Shandong Tmax Machinery Technology Co. Ltd.; Shandong VOG Sports Products Co. Ltd.; Dezhou Bodi Fitness Equipment Co.; and Suzhou Selfcipline Sports Goods Co., Ltd.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 26 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):