On Nov. 7, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Nov. 8:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 7, 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 Nov. 6 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 44), which includes the following ruling action:
CBP issued an Enforce and Protect Act determination, finding VY Industries evaded antidumping duties by transshipping wire coated coil nails from China through India, according to a recent agency notice.
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade said Nov. 8 that he’s “hopeful that there [are] some things we can do” on trade when Congress returns to Washington this month for its lame-duck session.
In less than three months, President Donald Trump will be back in the White House, after a campaign during which he floated 10% or 20% tariffs on all countries except China, which would be hit with an additional 60 percentage points on top of current tariffs.
Proposed new tariffs will negatively affect American consumers, the American Apparel and Footwear Association said in a news release Nov. 6 reacting to the results of the U.S. presidential and congressional elections. President-elect Donald Trump says he will increase tariffs on goods coming into the country.
The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking public comments on a new vessel sharing agreement among Japanese carrier Ocean Network Express, South Korea-based Hyundai Merchant Marine and Taiwan-based Yang Ming Marine Transportation. Under the agreement, called the Premier Alliance Agreement, the carriers will share vessels; charter or exchange vessel space; work together on the “operational characteristics of vessels operated under the agreement”; and more, the FMC said. The proposed effective date of the agreement is Dec. 12. Comments are due Nov. 21.
European collaboration with the U.S. on trade-related policies and other issues likely will become more difficult when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, a former Swedish government official said Nov. 7.