The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a press release announcing that the President has decided to impose remedies under Section 4211 of the 1974 Trade Act against imports of tires for passenger cars and light trucks from China.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an informational notice outlining the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program's enforcement and appeals process.
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain bulk welding wire containers and components thereof and welding wire pursuant to a complaint.
CBP has posted a PowerPoint presentation on in-bond movements in ACE e-Manifest: Trucks. The presentation covers what is a transportation entry (in-bond), who can file transportation entries, what in-bond types are supported in ACE e-Manifest: Trucks, obligations, creating an in-bond in ACE, etc. (Slide presentation, posted 09/02/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/carrier_info/electronic_truck_manifest_info/inbond_info/ace_ibm_trucks.ctt/ace_ibm_trucks.ppt)
On July 31, 2009, Representative Sherman (D), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation & Trade, and Representatives Manzullo (R) and Smith (R) introduced the "Export Control Improvements Act" (H.R. 3515)
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
CBP has posted Amendment 42 to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements document. The following changes were made:
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain flash memory and products containing the same pursuant to a complaint.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has revised its enforcement phase-in schedule for the Lacey Act declaration requirement for imported plants and plant products.
American Airlines is targeting the wrong party in its lawsuit against Yahoo for selling American’s trademarks as search keywords, Yahoo said in a filing with the U.S. District Court in Seattle. It asked the court to compel online travel agency Expedia to respond to the subpoena Yahoo obtained, seeking information on Expedia’s terms with American for selling its flights. It’s Yahoo’s second attempt to get another court to intervene, after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down its request to move the case from Texas to California under Yahoo’s forum-selection clause (WID March 17 p6). Because Yahoo operates its own search engine for flights, subpoenaed information could give Yahoo a competitive advantage against Expedia, said a legal expert following the case.