The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of April 17-23:
EU government officials have raised concerns about U.S. oversight mechanisms and surveillance efforts for Privacy Shield, but a European Commission official told us Thursday the upcoming first review should go well if all aspects are addressed "seriously" and "meaningfully." Bruno Gencarelli, head of European Commission's Data Protection Unit, said after a session at the International Association of Privacy Professionals conference in Washington that everyone understands certain offices may not be filled for a certain period during a U.S. presidential transition, but what's important is that "those functions are exercised."
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of April 10-16:
EU government officials have raised concerns about U.S. oversight mechanisms and surveillance efforts for Privacy Shield, but a European Commission official told us Thursday the upcoming first review should go well if all aspects are addressed "seriously" and "meaningfully." Bruno Gencarelli, head of European Commission's Data Protection Unit, said after a session at the International Association of Privacy Professionals conference in Washington that everyone understands certain offices may not be filled for a certain period during a U.S. presidential transition, but what's important is that "those functions are exercised."
Despite a honey importer's "extensive and commendable" efforts to trace the origin of imported honey, it wasn't enough to reverse a CBP laboratory finding that led to an assessment of antidumping duties, CBP said in a Jan. 26 ruling (here). Lamex Foods, the importer, filed an application for further review of protest after CBP said lab testing of honey from one of the containers at issue showed the honey came from China. Lamex argued that the AD duties shouldn't apply because the honey is from Vietnam, not China.
Rollback of the FCC’s ISP broadband privacy rules is “rapid implementation” of a “no-cops-on-the-beat approach,” which will continue to be the case until the common carrier exemption is lifted, said FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at a Monday event hosted by New America’s Open Technology Institute and Public Knowledge. Congressional Republicans who voted for the law killing the FCC privacy rules, meanwhile, came under fire at town halls held during the congressional two-week recess. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., wants to ensure through legislation the FTC still has authority to act and is introducing the Managing Your Data Against Telecom Abuses Act, also known as the My Data Act.
Rollback of the FCC’s ISP broadband privacy rules is “rapid implementation” of a “no-cops-on-the-beat approach,” which will continue to be the case until the common carrier exemption is lifted, said FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at a Monday event hosted by New America’s Open Technology Institute and Public Knowledge. Congressional Republicans who voted for the law killing the FCC privacy rules, meanwhile, came under fire at town halls held during the congressional two-week recess. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., wants to ensure through legislation the FTC still has authority to act and is introducing the Managing Your Data Against Telecom Abuses Act, also known as the My Data Act.
Industry groups asked the U.S. government to work to repeal restrictions on NAFTA drawback and duty deferral and to expand ACE, in response to the Commerce Department’s request for information (here) on regulations that hamper domestic manufacturing. Although negotiators included the drawback and deferral restrictions in NAFTA to prevent China from using Mexico as a platform for component parts to be exported to the U.S., several companies involved in duty preference programs for foreign investors and domestic firms have nevertheless convinced suppliers from Asia and Europe to establish production facilities in Mexico to replace imports from non-NAFTA sources, according to the Duty Drawback Coalition’s comments (here). To counter the negative effects of NAFTA drawback restrictions on foreign-owned manufacturing plants in Mexico, Mexico established Sectoral Promotion Programs, which reduce several standard duty rates, the coalition said. Canada has reduced duty rates to mitigate the effects of the NAFTA drawback restrictions as well, the group said.
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Gilbert Kaplan to serve as under secretary of commerce for international trade, the White House said (here). Kaplan is currently an attorney in King & Spalding’s International Trade Group. At the firm, he filed the first-ever successful U.S. anti-subsidy case against China and before that served as deputy assistant secretary and acting assistant secretary of commerce for import administration, it said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of April 3-9: