In the June 25 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 26), CBP published proposals to revoke ruling letters concerning the tariff classification of certain dimmers and certain styles of men's footwear.
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The Senate passed the Trump tax bill with a tie-breaking vote from the vice president on July 1. The House of Representatives will vote on whether it will accept the Senate's changes to its bill.
CBP is embarking on a radical restructuring of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee, directing all COAC subcommittees and workgroups to complete their work by the advisory body’s September meeting as the agency brings “all existing COAC subcommittees and related workgroups to a close,” according to an email obtained by International Trade Today.
Mayur Patel, former chief international trade counsel to the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, has joined Hogan Lovells as a partner in the international trade and investment practice, the firm announced. As a Senate staffer, Patel played a key role in overseeing "major Trump-era trade measures," the firm said. Prior to joining the Senate, Patel worked as associate general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Departing Federal Maritime Commission Chair Louis Sola criticized a new global emissions framework adopted earlier this year by the International Maritime Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee, saying it will "unfairly" tax American cargo on the high seas. Sola suggested the rules should be investigated.
The Federal Maritime Commission is asking for public comments on several information collections related to marine terminal operator schedules, service contracts, non-vessel-operating common carrier service arrangements and negotiated rate agreements. Comments are due July 31, it said in a Federal Register notice.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 30 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register June 30 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil (A-351-832/C-351-833); utility scale wind towers from Canada (A-122-867/C-122-868) and Vietnam (A-552-825/C-552-826); light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China (A-570-914/C-570-915); and oil country tubular goods from India (A-533-857/C-533-858) and Turkey (A-489-816/C-489-817); as well as the antidumping duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Indonesia (A-560-815), Mexico (A-201-830), Moldova (A-841-805) and Trinidad and Tobago (A-274-804); utility scale wind towers from Indonesia (A-560-833) and South Korea (A-580-902); barium carbonate from China (A-570-880); ferrovanadium from China (A-570-873) and South Africa (A-791-815); light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from South Korea (A-580-859), Mexico (A-201-836) and Turkey (A-489-815); tow-behind lawn groomers and parts thereof from China (A-570-939); and oil country tubular goods from South Korea (A-580-870), Ukraine (A-823-815) and Vietnam (A-552-817), Commerce said in a notice June 2.