The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 28 - Sept. 3:
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for Aug. 28 - Sept. 1 in case they were missed.
The following new requests for antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings were filed with the Commerce Department since International Trade Today's last update:
No new lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 21-27, nor were any appeals of Court of International Trade decisions filed that week at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, according to the CIT and CAFC Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) filing databases.
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for Aug. 21-25 in case they were missed.
CBP’s Office of Field Operations (OFO) plans to roll out an interim standardized format for foreign-trade zone compliance reviews by Oct. 31, the Department of Homeland Security said in response to a Government Accountability Office report. The GAO report, released Aug. 28, found that CBP doesn't "centrally compile FTZ compliance and internal risks" to help analyze risks across the FTZ program. FTZs accounted for 11 percent of imports in 2015, and incorrect risk level determinations could impact FTZ program effectiveness and revenue collection, the GAO said.
The heads of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable and the National Association of Manufacturers in an Aug. 23 letter urged several senior members of the Trump administration to work to preserve investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in a renegotiated NAFTA, adding that business support for an updated deal could falter if talks serve to weaken or nix the dispute mechanism. Sent to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, the letter says ISDS doesn’t infringe U.S. sovereignty, and ensures that other countries don’t seize U.S. investors’ property without compensation and don’t impose forced localization requirements compelling jobs to be “shipped overseas.” The letter follows another letter from more than 100 trade groups sent to the administration earlier this month urging continuance of ISDS in NAFTA (see 1708090014).
The Court of International Trade on Aug. 23 ordered a Texas company and its owner to pay a penalty for negligent misstatements on import documentation, though at a level far below what the government requested. Neither Deladiep or its owner and sole corporate officer John Delatorre appeared in court to defend themselves, but CIT nonetheless cut the penalty by 80 percent to $17,548.12, finding the violation of 19 USC 1592 did not warrant the $87,740.60 maximum.
Samsung withdrew its European application to register “HDR10" as a trademark Aug. 16, weeks after the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), acting on an opposition letter from LG Electronics, ruled the application “not eligible,” show documents posted at the agency’s website (login required). Samsung’s withdrawal of the application came roughly two weeks before the opening of the IFA show, where HDR10 is expected to get prominent mention among exhibitors of the many high-dynamic-range TVs that likely will be on display at the Messe Berlin fairgrounds.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 14-20: