The U.S. should use its Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain executive order as a tool to restrict a broader range of imports that are dumped by foreign companies in the U.S., said Rush Doshi, a Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and former National Security Council official. He also said the administration and Congress should work to codify the ICTS order, which could allow the U.S. to better harmonize the restrictions with allies.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 18 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 published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 18 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):
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the companies remaining under review entered August 2022 through July 2023.
The Commerce Department intends to end antidumping duties on barium chloride from China (A-570-007) and countervailing duties on the same product from India C-533-909), it said a notice announcing the initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. Honeywell requested the review with no objection from the original petitioner in the case, Chemical Products Corporation, which is "ceasing" domestic production of barium chloride. If Commerce decides to revoke the order in the final results of its changed circumstances review, revocation of each order will take effect beginning "on or after the day following the last day of the period covered by the most recently completed administrative review of the Orders."
On Sept. 17, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., along with two other Republicans and another Democrat, recently reintroduced the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act.
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., introduced a bill to ban the import of Russian palladium and platinum after a mine in his state said that 700 miners would lose their jobs because "responsible and sustainable mining and metals processing [in Montana] is much, much more expensive than that of our competitors in Russia and other areas."
Three grape grower trade groups filed a complaint on Sept. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Agriculture Department's notice allowing table grapes from Chile to be imported under a "systems approach" as opposed to using the standard fumigation requirements (California Table Grape Commission v. United States Department of Agriculture, D.D.C. # 24-02645).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: