The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 19 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 19 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):
Antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells from Thailand and Vietnam could take retroactive effect for entries back to June 2024, under a critical circumstances request filed Aug. 15 by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee as part of the Commerce Department’s ongoing AD/CVD investigations on solar cells from the two countries (A-549-851/C-549-852, A-552-841/C-552-842).
The Environmental Protection Agency wants manufacturers, importers and exporters of 31 chemical substances that are subject to premanufacture notices or microbial commercial activity notices under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to notify the agency at least 90 days ahead of time, it said in a notice on the proposed significant new use rules (SNUR).
On Aug. 16, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA is revising the appendices to its Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Regulation for the 2024 tariff-rate quota year, it said in a notice. The agency is transferring the amounts for certain dairy articles from the historical license category (Appendix 1) to the lottery (nonhistorical) license category (Appendix 2) pursuant to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing regulations for the 2024 quota year.
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service will charge $325 for the 2025 tariff-rate quota year for each license issued to a person or firm by the USDA authorizing the importation of certain dairy articles that are subject to TRQs set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, it said in a notice. The new fee is $50 lower than the fee charged for 2024 TRQ year licenses (see 2308300040).
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who is stepping down from leadership but remaining in the Senate, defended free trade in a speech in his home state last week.
The Coalition for a Prosperous America, which advocates for protecting American manufacturing, said the new Senate Finance Committee bill to restrict de minimis moves "things in the right direction," even more than the bill that passed the House Ways and Means Committee in the spring.
Former President Donald Trump said last week that he might put not just a blanket 10% tariff on imports from countries other than China, but 20% tariffs, at least on "foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years" (see 2408140058).