On Feb. 14, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The FDA has added eight companies to an import alert that prevents the importation of clams into the U.S after detection of elevated levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in clams from the companies.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Feb. 18:
Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., reintroduced the Fighting Trade Cheats Act, which would allow domestic manufacturers to sue foreign producers for customs fraud. It would double penalties, and establish a five-year prohibition on importing products from past violators.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 14, 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.
Correction: Steel and steel derivatives from Turkey will for the time being only face 25% Section 232 tariffs, unchanged from before President Donald Trump’s Feb. 11 proclamation upping tariffs for some countries and a new list of derivative products (see 2502140025 and 2502140066).
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President Donald Trump's plan to remove the de minimis exemption from goods made in China and Hong Kong may just be the start of a bigger push to remove that exemption from other countries, according to trade experts speaking during a Feb. 13 webinar sponsored by ShipHero, a warehouse management system provider for e-commerce and third-party logistics firms.
The White House announced this week it has selected Joseph Barloon to be its ambassador to the World Trade Organization, a role of a deputy U.S. trade representative. Barloon served as general counsel to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 2019-2020, during the first Trump administration. He also was nominated to be a judge at the Court of International Trade by President Donald Trump in that first term but wasn't confirmed (see 2102050032).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 14 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):