The International Trade Commission has proposed an addendum to its investigation of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule modifications that were put into effect by Presidential Proclamation 8097 on February 3, 2007 to conform the HTS to international Harmonized System nomenclature changes recommended for adoption by the World Customs Organization, among other things.
On June 13, 2007, Senators Baucus, Grassley, Schumer, and Graham introduced S. 1607, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007, to address misaligned foreign currencies.
At the Automated Commercial Environment Exchange V conference held June 4-6, 2007 in Buffalo, NY, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials discussed the deployment of ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue Release A2, which is currently scheduled for Fall 2008, but may be delayed.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule, effective July 9, 2007, that amends 19 CFR Parts 24, 113, and 128 regarding fees for customs processing at express consignment carrier facilities and/or centralized hub facilities.
At the Automated Commercial Environment Exchange V conference held June 4-6, 2007 in Buffalo, NY, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials discussed the deployment of ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue Release A1, which is currently scheduled for August 11, 2007.
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
The Court of International Trade has dismissed the case, International Labor Rights Fund et. al v.U.S., regarding the use of forced child labor in cocoa imported from the Cote d'Ivoire due to lack of standing.
International trade in counterfeit and pirated products was worth as much as $200 billion in 2005 - not including potentially hundreds of billions of dollars more in digital products distributed online, said a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). There isn’t a way to accurately measure the flow of illegal goods online and elsewhere, it said: The scope and effects of piracy are “of such significance that they compel strong and sustained action” from govts., business and consumers. It recommended increased enforcement and better cooperation between govts. and companies to craft effective policies.
Unable to beat RIAA suits on federal legal counterclaims, P2P defense lawyers are looking at state laws for ammunition, including on RIAA’s home turf of Cal. State laws on private investigator licensing are under consideration by multiple lawyers, including the defense in a freshly-dropped Ore. suit, and new counterclaims in a Fla. case allege RIAA liability under a Cal. extortion statute. Lawyers we spoke to said they were early in researching the statutes for use against the trade group, but saw a powerful deterrent against RIAA if used successfully.
Pursuant to the Offset Act1, also known as the Byrd Amendment, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice in the Federal Register of its intent to distribute assessed antidumping or countervailing duties for Fiscal Year 2007. Written certifications to obtain a continued dumping and subsidy offset under a particular AD/CV order or finding must be received by July 30, 2007.