Robert Silvers, a former DHS official who worked on forced labor enforcement, China policy and issues related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., joined Ropes & Gray. Silvers will co-chair the firm’s national security practice, where he will focus on “critical matters at the intersection of national security, technology, and law,” it said. He left DHS in December after serving as undersecretary for policy and chair of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force.
The Fossil Energy Office of the Department of Energy has issued a direct final rule saying that the agency has amended the regulations for administrative procedures related to the import and export of natural gas. These amendments seek to update and streamline the general requirements for filing documents with the office, according to a Federal Register notice.
The Department of Energy is planning to withdraw or revise a number energy efficiency standards, reporting requirements and determinations that products are covered under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, according to several Federal Register notices.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 12 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 made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of thermoformed molded fiber products from China (A-570-182) and Vietnam (A-552-845) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency is imposing AD cash deposit requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning May 12.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India (A-533-857/C-533-858). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Sept. 1, 2022, through Aug. 31, 2023, and CVD for entries Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Thailand (A-549-842). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced May 11 that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is working with CBP to suspend the import of live cattle, horse and bison at U.S. ports of entry along the Mexico border because of the detected spread of the new world screwworm (NWS).
President Donald Trump, at a press conference May 12, told reporters that he told leaders from Pakistan and India that if they didn't stop bombing each other, he'd stop imports from their countries.
President Donald Trump touted his plan to get foreign health purchasers to pay more for pharmaceuticals, and U.S. consumers to pay less, as he signed an executive order seeking to equalize those prices.