The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 12 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 has released its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from China (A-570-170). Cash deposit rates in this final determination are unchanged from the preliminary determination and remain in effect.
On March 11, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Senators from the swing state of Georgia, a major manufacturing hub for metal-intensive auto, aerospace and solar industries, say that business leaders are telling them that the see-sawing tariff announcements from the White House are unnerving and causing them to put the brakes on planning expansions.
During a visit by Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin, President Donald Trump brushed away Martin's comments about Irish companies buying Boeing planes and hiring in the U.S. "There's a massive deficit. I don't mean by a little bit," he said, referring to the trade in goods between Ireland and the U.S. "We want to sort of even that out as nicely as we can. We don't want to do anything to hurt Ireland, but we want fairness," he said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Feb. 10-16, Feb. 17-23, Feb. 24 - March 2 and March 3-9:
Serina Baker-Hill, director of CBP's Automotive and Aerospace Center of Excellence and Expertise in Detroit, has been charged in an indictment unsealed on March 12 with defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency, making false statements to federal agents and committing wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 11, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A bill that aims to create a true single window for importers, as well as reduce redundancies in advance export manifest data submissions, was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev.