President Joe Biden should support workers in the Baltimore region that were affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge (see 2403260047) the same way maritime workers were supported during the COVID-19 pandemic, Federal Maritime Commissioner Carl Bentzel wrote in a letter to the White House dated April 23. Bentzel said the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, could act as an example. The White House didn't respond to our request for comment.
The Canada Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise withdrew complaints against Hugo Boss Canada and GobiMin, the agency announced on April 24 and April 25. Both companies participated in "good faith," with GobiMin divesting from a gold mine that allegedly used Uyghur forced labor, and Hugo Boss participating in a confidential dispute settlement process with the parties that filed the complaint against the company and providing a "satisfactory response or remedy to their allegations," a CORE spokesperson said in an emailed news release.
An international panel ruling on whether the U.S. had the right to punish a zinc mine in San Martín over labor violations agreed with Mexico that the violations happened before USMCA -- or T-MEC, as Mexico calls it -- came into force, and so the panel ruled it didn't have jurisdiction.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 26 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 issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on epoxy resins from China, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand (A-570-166, A-533-926, A-580-919, A-583-876, A-549-850), as well as its countervailing duty investigations on epoxy resins from China, India, South Korea and Taiwan (C-570-167, C-533-927, C-580-920, C-583-877). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on India, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand cover entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (A-570-016). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2018, through July 31, 2019.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 24-25:
On April 25, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced April 25 that Special Import Quota #2 for upland cotton will be established May 2, allowing importation of 6,902,347 kilograms (31,702 bales) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than July 30, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by Oct. 28, 2024. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the December 2023 through February 2024 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: