Three congressional representatives sent a letter to the heads of the DOJ, DHS and the FDA, urging them to act against e-cigarette imports from China.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 20, 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 has released its March 19 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 12). While it contains no ruling notices, it does include one Court of International Trade slip opinion.
Apparel importers and retailers don't have much favor in this administration, but groups representing their interests tried to appeal to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's logical side in comments requested by the agency on the reciprocal tariffs slated for April 2. The trade group representing the greatly diminished domestic textile and apparel industry, in contrast, said reciprocal tariffs could be used to recoup $100 billion in annual lost sales.
CBP has updated its FAQ on Section 232 tariffs for aluminum and steel on its website, addressing certain elements of the tariffs that the trade community has been grappling with, particularly on determining the value of new steel and aluminum derivatives outside of chapters 73 and 76 (see 2503140059.
Project 2025 recommends combining CBP's Office of Trade and Office of Trade Relations with the Office of Field Operations in order to “achieve streamlined operations and increase OT’s capacity and capability by leveraging OFO’s expansive resources,” according to the Project 2025 chapter on its recommendations for DHS.
The European Commission will delay its first wave of retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. from April 1 until mid-April, commission spokesperson Olof Gill said in a statement March 20. Gill said the tariffs were delayed to "align the timing" of the EU's two sets of retaliatory actions announced last month (see 2503120042).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 20 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 International Trade Commission seeks comments by March 27 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of electrical cables infringe patents held by Credo Semiconductor Inc., it said in a March 19 notice. According to the complaint, Credo is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Amphenol, Molex, TE Connectivity and Volex to bar from entry "certain active electrical cables and components thereof" that violate the complainant's patents. The complainant said that the cables "are used primarily in data centers for enabling high-speed data transmission, for example, in server-to-server and other data distribution applications."