Kathryn Herrity, a former CBP auditor, has joined customs compliance firm Deleon Trade as a senior trade auditor, the firm announced. Herrity served as a senior auditor and field quality auditor of CBP's Trade Regulatory Audit in Chicago for the past 14 years.
Three international trade attorneys, Sarah Sprinkle, Jared Cynamon and Marisa Littlefield, joined Sandler Travis, the firm announced. Sprinkle joins the firm as a member and co-lead of the trade remedies practice after most recently working as senior counsel at Akin Gump. Cynamon joins as an associate after conducting trade remedies work at the Commerce Department. Littlefield joins as a customs attorney associate after graduating from the American University Washington College of Law.
Tom Gould is joining Gaia Dynamics as chief strategy and compliance officer, he said on LinkedIn. The start-up advertises “AI-driven tools for precise classification and real-time tariff calculations.” Gould said he will continue his independent trade compliance consulting work.
BigBear.ai announced last week that former CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan is its new CEO. McAleenan previously was president of the company, which provides artificial intelligence-powered decision offerings.
The Coalition for a Prosperous America, a think tank aligned with Trump's trade policy, issued a new report on agricultural trade, arguing that policies that aimed to lower U.S. tariffs in exchange for better market access for U.S. agricultural exports almost exclusively benefited soybeans, corn and wheat, while hurting fruit and vegetable farmers and livestock operations.
Ocean carrier China United Lines alleges it is owed $96.4 million in reparations from Amazon because the Seattle-based shipper failed to honor a transportation service contract the parties agreed to in 2022, according to a complaint filed this month with the Federal Maritime Commission.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 22 Federal Register on the following 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 International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imported electronic devices (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1376), it said in a Federal Register notice to be published Jan. 23. Complainant Ericsson initially alleged in 2023 that Motorola and Lenovo, and their subsidiaries, were importing laptops and mobile phones that infringe its patents (see 2311170062).
Antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China will continue, after the International Trade Commission on Jan. 22 voted that there is a “reasonable indication” that imports of the product are injuring U.S. industry, the ITC said in a news release. The Commerce Department will now consider whether to impose AD/CVD cash deposit requirements on ceramic abrasive grains, in preliminary determinations due March 12 for CVD and on or about May 27 for AD.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 22 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):