Three grape grower trade groups filed a complaint on Sept. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Agriculture Department's notice allowing table grapes from Chile to be imported under a "systems approach" as opposed to using the standard fumigation requirements (California Table Grape Commission v. United States Department of Agriculture, D.D.C. # 24-02645).
The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a proposed rulemaking that will enable the agency to create a framework assessing the renewal or eligibility of applications that seek application-specific allowances amid EPA's efforts to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), it said in a Federal Register notice set for publication Sept. 16.
Tariffs on imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will go up Sept. 27, with more Section 301 tariff hikes planned for Jan. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2026.
An October strike by members of the International Longshoremen Association at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports could result in “devastating impacts” on the supply chain for weeks, consultants and logistics professionals told International Trade Today.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 11 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, at the first Supply Chain Summit, said she can't believe how many single points of failure are present in semiconductor supply chains.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told podcast hosts at Bloomberg News that the U.S. and other countries that lost manufacturing jobs as China ramped up its exports from 2000 to 2019 are saying: "We will not tolerate, we cannot tolerate a China Shock 2.0."
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 30 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that imports of semiconductor devices from Innoscience are infringing on patents held by Infineon Technologies, the ITC said in a notice released Aug. 29. Infineon's complaint, filed in July (see 2408010017), said Innoscience is incorporating Infineon’s patented gallium nitride (GaN) technology into its power transistors and circuit products, including GaN-on-Si semiconductor devices, GaN Field Effect Transistors (FETs) and GaN high electron mobility transistors, as well as downstream chips that incorporate the transistors and circuits. The ITC will consider whether to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning import and sale of infringing products from Innoscience.
American drone maker Anzu Robotics produces DJI drones, not its own designs, allege the leaders of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.