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 Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on boltless steel shelving from Malaysia (A-557-824), Taiwan (A-583-871), Thailand (A-549-846) and Vietnam (A-552-835). Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect April19.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 17, 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.
Four Republican representatives on April 12 pushed back as the Biden administration seems poised to reverse a decision by then-President Donald Trump that required products made in certain parts of the West Bank to be labeled as “Made in Israel.”
FORT LAUDERDALE -- CBP is expanding its partnership with the Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Unit, and is including large brokers and software developers in the effort to use "these HSI resources to help identify cyber attacks before they happen, said Shari McCann, director of commercial operations for CBP's Office of Trade.
Congress should approve tougher sanctions and import restrictions to stem the deadly and illegal flow of fentanyl into the U.S., the House Select Committee on China said in a new report April 16.
The House Ways and Means Committee is set on April 17 to consider several just-introduced trade bills, including a retroactive extension of the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program, new restrictions on de minimis and restrictions on electric vehicle tax credits.
The Treasury Department announced on April 12 that it will add Russian-origin aluminum, copper and nickel to existing import bans on Russian goods, which already cover Russian jewelry and seafood. The ban applies to all aluminum, copper and nickel of Russian origin produced on or after April 13.
Lori Wallach, head of Rethink Trade and a longtime free-trade skeptic, said the House Ways and Means Committee plans to vote next week on a new bill to restrict de minimis, which wouldn't allow goods subject to Section 301 tariffs to enter through the de minimis pathway. The Section 301 tariffs covered roughly two-thirds of Chinese exports at the time the last round was imposed, but trade flows have shifted as a result of the tariffs, as imports of those tariff lines from China fell by 13%, according to the International Trade Commission.
American and Chinese officials discussed tariffs, export controls and market access issues during the April 2-5 first meetings of the U.S.-China Commercial Issues Working Group, both countries said in readouts after the talks.