The following customs brokers' national permits are revoked without prejudice for failure to pay the annual permit user fee for 2025, CBP said in a notice.
CBP released a spreadsheet intended to help importers and customs brokers determine which current tariffs may apply concurrently to the same product. A link to the new spreadsheet was included in an update Dec. 17 to the agency’s FAQ on International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, heartily endorsed the House Republicans' approach to renewing Haitian trade preferences and the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
Cuts to reciprocal tariffs under a recent trade deal with Switzerland and Liechtenstein will take retroactive effect Nov. 14, according to a notice from the Commerce Department and U.S. Trade Representative.
Cuts to reciprocal tariffs under a recent trade deal with Switzerland and Liechtenstein will take retroactive effect Nov. 14, according to a notice from the Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Angela Ellard, former deputy director-general of the World Trade Organization, has joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies as a nonresident senior adviser with its Economic Security and Technology Department, the think tank announced Dec. 15. Ellard joined WTO as deputy director-general in 2021 after serving as chief trade counsel for the House Committee on Ways and Means.
The Trump administration’s China policy looks more like an effort to preserve the fragile trade truce than a negotiation toward a comprehensive trade agreement, according to former U.S. trade officials during a webinar hosted by the Washington International Trade Association last week.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 16 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty 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 seeks comments by Dec. 26 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of smartwatches infringe patents held by UnaliWear, it said in a notice to be published Dec. 17 in the Federal Register. According to the complaint, UnaliWear is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Apple, Samsung, Google and Garmin to bar from entry "certain wearable devices with fall detection and components thereof" that violate its patents. UnaliWear said that its products are "wearable devices adapted to monitor a wearer’s physical activity patterns and to provide assistance to the wearer when a need for assistance is indicated."
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Dec. 26 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of smart rings infringe patents held by Samsung, it said in a notice to be published Dec. 17 in the Federal Register. According to the complaint, Samsung is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Ouraring, to bar from entry "certain wearable devices" that violate its patents. Samsung said that its products are "wearable devices, specifically wearable biosignal interfaces and an operation method thereof as well as wearable electronic devices for detecting biometric information." Ouraring filed a Section 337 complaint on the same products against Samsung in November of this year (see 2511200011).