The European Union imposed countervailing duties on aluminum converter foil from China, with duties of 8.6% to 18.2%, the European Commission said in a Dec. 22 notice. The duties specifically cover "aluminium converter foil of a thickness of less than 0,021 mm, not backed, not further worked than rolled, in rolls of a weight exceeding 10 kg" and cover July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020. Four products are excluded, and they include "Aluminium household foil of a thickness of not less than 0,008 mm and not more than 0,018 mm, not backed, not further worked than rolled, in rolls of a width not exceeding 650 mm and of a weight exceeding 10 kg."
The FCC Public Safety Bureau delayed for 14 days, until Jan. 11, the replies deadline on the future of the 4.9 GHz band, said a Wednesday notice. The National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) and Land Mobile Communications Council sought extensions, the bureau said. “We agree with NSA that given the intervening holidays, a 14-day extension is warranted to allow commenters sufficient time to file meaningful reply comments,” the bureau said: “We do not, however, find that LMCC’s request for an extension of time beyond 14 days is justified.”
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 13-19:
All pending nominees will need to be renominated in 2022, a White House official said Monday. That includes FTC nominee Alvaro Bedoya, FCC nominee Gigi Sohn and NTIA nominee Alan Davidson.
The Land Mobile Communications Council complained of problems with the FCC’s universal licensing system (ULS), in a letter released Monday. “Lately, the ULS has experienced a high level of 502/504 gateway errors, and users continue to experience slow or non-existent service,” the group said: “It is an essential tool necessary to conduct spectrum analysis and to assist applicants to secure FCC licenses in compliance with FCC Rules.” The FCC also doesn’t offer updated information on outages and downtime, the coalition said. It asked the agency to communicate better with FCC-certified frequency advisory committees, which are “one of the largest blocks of licensees in the ULS.” The FCC didn’t comment.
Proponents of cellular-vehicle-to-everything use of the 5.9 GHz band asked the FCC to waive its current rules, so they can deploy now so "consumers and travelers may begin to benefit from this state-of-the-art roadway and vehicle safety technology as soon as possible.” Proponents said they otherwise will have to wait for final FCC action on a rulemaking. The request was filed by Audi of America, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, the departments of transportation in Utah and Virginia, Aaeon Technology, Harman International Industries, Panasonic North America and other companies. The FCC’s November 2020 order (see 2011180043) was “prescient” in saying dedicated short-range communications isn’t the wave of the future, said the filing, posted Tuesday in docket 19-138: “The Waiver Parties are ready, willing, and able to deploy or facilitate deployment of C-V2X.” The request “signifies the collaborative efforts underway to ensure the successful implementation of C-V2X,” emailed Maxime Flament, 5G Automotive Association chief technology officer: “It also demonstrates the strong demand across the transportation industry to immediately deliver C-V2X safety services to American travelers, especially as deployments accelerate in other" world regions.
The FCC Wireless Bureau gave Pine Cellular in a Tuesday order, a limited one-year waiver, to Jan. 9, 2023, to meet the tribal lands bidding credit construction requirement as it deploys service to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The carrier says it's unable to meet a Jan. 9, 2022, deadline to serve 75% of the population covered by one of two 600 MHz licenses purchased using credits, the bureau said. Pine Cellular says it “needed additional time to deploy its network to serve Choctaw Nation communities because its existing network in that geographic area uses Huawei equipment for the performance of core functions,” the bureau said.
Proponents of cellular-vehicle-to-everything use of the 5.9 GHz band asked the FCC to waive its current rules, so they can deploy now so "consumers and travelers may begin to benefit from this state-of-the-art roadway and vehicle safety technology as soon as possible.” Proponents said they otherwise will have to wait for final FCC action on a rulemaking. The request was filed by Audi of America, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, the departments of transportation in Utah and Virginia, Aaeon Technology, Harman International Industries, Panasonic North America and other companies. The FCC’s November 2020 order (see 2011180043) was “prescient” in saying dedicated short-range communications isn’t the wave of the future, said the filing, posted Tuesday in docket 19-138: “The Waiver Parties are ready, willing, and able to deploy or facilitate deployment of C-V2X.” The request “signifies the collaborative efforts underway to ensure the successful implementation of C-V2X,” emailed Maxime Flament, 5G Automotive Association chief technology officer: “It also demonstrates the strong demand across the transportation industry to immediately deliver C-V2X safety services to American travelers, especially as deployments accelerate in other" world regions.
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
The Commerce Department said that two countervailing duty respondents did not use China's Export Buyer's Credit Program, in Dec. 13 remand results, flipping its position on the issue. The agency also granted one of the respondents, Canadian Solar, an entered value adjustment in response to remand instructions from the Court of International Trade that spurned the agency's decision to not make the adjustment. If sustained, the result would be a CVD rate cut for the respondents and non-selected companies (Canadian Solar Inc., et al. v. United States, CIT Consol. #19-00178).