Solar roof mountings made from extruded aluminum parts and steel fasteners do not qualify for the “finished merchandise” exemption from antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967/C-570-968), the Commerce Department said in a recent scope ruling that marks the agency’s first application of a new definition for the exemption born from years of litigation on the subject.
The Court of International Trade on June 2 denied a bid by two nail importers for a preliminary injunction barring the government from collecting Section 232 tariffs on their steel “derivatives” imports. J. Conrad and Metropolitan Staple did not show they would be irreparably harmed if tariff collections proceed, so they didn’t meet at least one of four factors required for the court to issue a preliminary injunction, CIT said.
A Mexican federal official, along with Mexican and U.S. attorneys, believe that Mexican firms will have to sharply change their labor relations policies, but they aren't as sure about how often labor issues will be brought up, in the context of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. If the U.S. government doesn't agree that a Mexican company has come into compliance with Mexican labor laws, it could lead to goods from that producer being barred from USMCA tariff benefits.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 25-31:
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for May 26-29 in case they were missed.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 18-24:
The International Trade Commission voted Wednesday to open a Tariff Act Section 337 investigation into Sharp allegations that Vizio, its panel maker Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics and TV set manufacturer TPV infringe five Sharp LCD display patents (see 2004270045), said an agency notice Thursday in docket 337-TA-1201. Vizio and the other respondents didn’t comment. They have 20 days to file a response. Administrative Law Judge Dee Lord was assigned to the case.
The International Trade Commission voted Wednesday to open a Tariff Act Section 337 investigation into Sharp allegations that Vizio, its panel maker Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics and TV set manufacturer TPV infringe five Sharp LCD display patents (see 2004270045), said an agency notice Thursday in docket 337-TA-1201. Vizio and the other respondents didn’t comment. They have 20 days to file a response. Administrative Law Judge Dee Lord was assigned to the case.
The International Trade Commission voted Wednesday to open a Tariff Act Section 337 investigation into Sharp allegations that Vizio, its panel maker Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics and TV set manufacturer TPV infringe five Sharp LCD display patents (see 2004270045), said an agency notice Thursday in docket 337-TA-1201. Vizio and the other respondents didn’t comment. They have 20 days to file a response. Administrative Law Judge Dee Lord was assigned to the case.
The Treasury Department issued a proposed rule to modify mandatory declaration requirements for certain transactions involving critical technologies. Under the rule, transactions would require a declaration if the critical technology would normally be subject to a U.S. export license. This would be a change from certain declaration requirements for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. outlined under a 2018 pilot program, which based those decisions on whether the transactions met criteria established by the North American Industry Classification System.