As importers seek to recover the monies they paid in tariffs due to discovering they overpaid or because the Supreme Court may potentially rule that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs aren't valid, there are a number of pain points that they may be facing now or will be facing, according to panelists speaking on a Nov. 18 webinar hosted by KPMG.
President Donald Trump's tariffs will last beyond his term in office, former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo predicted during a Nov. 19 event hosted by Bloomberg.
A trial attorney at DOJ's international trade field office, Luke Mathers, has left the agency and joined Sandler Travis as an associate, according to his LinkedIn profile. Mathers joined DOJ in 2022 in the New York-based trade field office, where he worked on various customs and antidumping and countervailing duty matters. Prior to joining the agency, Mathers was an associate at Skadden.
India's Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal, the lead negotiator on the trade deal with the U.S., told reporters in New Delhi on Nov. 17, "We should get a closure soon."
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 18 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 Nov. 28 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of semiconductor devices infringe patents held by Adeia, it said in a notice to be published Nov. 19 in the Federal Register. According to the complaint, Adeia is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against ADM, Lenovo and Supermicro Computer to bar from entry "certain semiconductor devices, computing products containing the same, and components thereof" that violate their patents. Adeia said in the complaint that "arguments that attempt to label Adeia as a 'troll' or non-practicing entity are baseless."
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Nov. 28 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of vaporizer devices infringe patents held by Align Technology, it said in a notice to be published Nov. 19 in the Federal Register. According to the complaint, Align Technology is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against U.S. company USA Angelalign Technology Corp., two Chinese companies and their subsidiaries to bar from entry "certain clear aligners and components thereof" that violate their patents. Align said that its product Invisalign "is a series of clear aligners that patients swap out periodically to gradually re-align their teeth."
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 18 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 has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on raw honey from Vietnam (A-552-833). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the companies under review entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Taiwan (A-583-869). Commerce continued its preliminary assignment of a zero percent AD rate for Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. Ltd for the period of review July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Entries from Nankang during the review period will be liquidated without any assessment of AD, and future entries of subject merchandise exported by Nankang won't be subject to AD cash deposit requirements until further notice. The new zero percent AD cash deposit rate is effective Nov. 18, the date the final results were published in the Federal Register.