Pursuant to the Offset Act1, also known as the Byrd Amendment, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice in the Federal Register of its intent to distribute assessed antidumping (AD) or countervailing (CV) duties for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006. Written certifications to obtain a continued dumping and subsidy offset under a particular AD/CV order must be received by July 31, 2006.
The Entertainment Software Assn. (ESA) and Entertainment Merchants Assn. (EMA) sued Tues. seeking to void a new game law in Minn. The trade groups called the law -- which would make it illegal for kids under 17 to buy or rent an -- or AO- rated game -- “unconstitutional” and “unenforceable.”
Chinese leaders say they'll crack down on intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, but “we need to see more than just statements,” a Commerce Dept. official told the U.S.-China Economic & Security Commission at a Wed. hearing. Citing improved IPR relations between the 2 giant economies, such as a Chinese vow to try to thwart piracy by importing only computers with preloaded software, International IPR Enforcement Coordinator Chris Israel said: “We consider all options to be on the table.” If China doesn’t clean up its IPR act this summer, “it’s very possible” the U.S. will bring a complaint at the WTO this fall, said Tim Stratford, asst. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)-China Affairs: “We will not shy away from dispute resolution.”
The U.S. must keep Russia in mind as it prepares for its WTO case against China alleging intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, commissioners and witnesses said at a U.S.-China Economic & Security Commission hearing Wed. The case could be filed as early as the fall (see separate story), but Comr. Richard D'Amato fretted that “the cards are stacked against us” because of WTO procedures and the U.S.’s relative unpopularity in Geneva these days. A former RIAA chief also lamented that Chinese online infringement rules, weakened a year ago in an administrative decision, are about to get worse from the group’s perspective.
(BP is reissuing its summary of this CBP final rule in order to add omitted text regarding in-bond transport for Option 2, as well as add other information. This amended summary completely replaces06060505 in the June 5, 2006 issue of ITT. Added sentences or paragraphs are identified by ***.)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued various notices, each initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping (AD) duty and countervailing (CV) duty orders.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a proposed rule that would add a new 12.155 (Entry or admission of Mexican cement products) to 19 CFR in order to set forth special requirements for the entry of certain cement products from Mexico requiring import and export licenses.
A new interactive financial disclosure system that will improve data available to investors and cut firms’ disclosure and reporting costs is “rolling ahead, lickety-split,” SEC Chmn. Christopher Cox told an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) conference Tues. In recent months, 20 companies have joined the regulatory agency’s pilot program and more will sign on soon, he predicted.
News is news, a Cal. appeals court ruled, backing online journalists under fire from Apple for publishing what the firm called trade secrets regarding “Asteroid,” the code name Apple gave a sound-recording device in development. The 69- page Cal. Appeals Court decision scotched every argument Apple made for subpoenaing the website publishers and one defendant’s e-mail service provider, citing both federal and state law.
News is news, a Cal. appeals court ruled, backing online journalists under fire from Apple for publishing what the firm called trade secrets regarding “Asteroid,” the code name Apple gave a sound-recording device in development. The 69- page Cal. Appeals Court decision scotched every argument Apple made for subpoenaing the website publishers and one defendant’s e-mail service provider, citing both federal and state law.