EU ministers and Parliament members this week urged the bloc to respond forcefully to China’s rare earth export restrictions if Beijing doesn’t repeal them or swiftly grant export licenses to European companies. Some also said they’re skeptical Beijing’s one-year suspension for some of its export controls will last.
The U.K. on Nov. 26 opened a public comment period for its planned elimination of duty exemptions for low-value imports. The country for several months had been reviewing whether to remove the tariff exemption for imports costing under 135 pounds, and the finance ministry said it expects to eliminate the exemption by March 2029 "at the latest."
The European Parliament this week voted 402-250 -- with eight abstentions -- in favor of delaying the bloc's deforestation reporting requirements for one year, which would give large companies until Dec. 30, 2026, to come into compliance and small companies until June 30, 2027.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 26 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 26 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):
On Nov. 25, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Nov. 26:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Nov. 26 that it will extend the 178 currently existing exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on China until Nov. 10, 2026, as expected (see 2511030005). The exclusions had been set to expire Nov. 29, but the Trump administration agreed to extend them as part of a deal that also cut tariffs on China by 10% and halted ship-docking fees in return for China pausing export controls on rare earths, lowering retaliatory tariffs and stopping its own retaliatory ship fees.
A bill to create a new schedule of drugs, to expand what is covered by import controls, was reintroduced last week by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 25, 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.