U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the following new modified ACE EDI messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest:
A federal court sent back to the Mich. state courts a suit by 7 small northern Mich. incumbent telcos against American Cellular and Dobson Cellular, alleging they breached local interconnection agreements by refusing to pay lawful charges for local transport and termination services. The U.S. Dist. Court, Marquette, said the suit involves 4 state law claims and plaintiffs failed to show relief depends on resolution of substantial and disputed questions of federal law. The court (Case 05-CV-242) said nobody argues with the telcos’ federal obligation to provide termination services to the cellular companies, but added that federal law doesn’t automatically make all contractual interconnection disputes a matter for the federal courts, particularly when state court relief is possible. The court also tossed out the cellular companies’ argument that state court action on the claims is preempted by the federal Telecom Act -- saying it’s possible to recover termination fees under both state and federal law and nothing in federal law precludes pursuit of termination claims under state law. The court said the total amount at issue is below the threshold giving federal courts original jurisdiction over civil matters. The court remanded the case to the 11th Mich. Circuit Court, Alger County, for hearings on the case’s merits.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) announced that it is initiating a changed circumstances review of the countervailing (CV) duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Korea at the request of Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai).
Effective January 1, 2005, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking the countervailing (CV) duty orders on low enriched uranium from Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK) because the continued application of these CV duty orders is no longer warranted.
According to a press release from the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. and Canada have agreed on the text of an agreement on softwood lumber. The text incorporates and builds on the basic terms announced on the April 27, 2006.
CBP has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release stating that on June 29, 2006, a majority of the six Commissioners voted to revoke the existing antidumping (AD) duty order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Argentina (A-357-802).
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release stating that on June 29, 2006, a majority of the six Commissioners voted to revoke the existing antidumping (AD) duty orders on stainless steel wire rod from Brazil (A-351-819) and France (A-427-811).